Philip Gibbs
Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs was an English journalist and prolific author of books who served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War. Two of his siblings were also writers, A. Hamilton Gibbs and Cosmo Hamilton, as was his own son, Anthony. Gibbs was a Roman Catholic.
The son of a civil servant, Gibbs was born in Kensington, London, his name then being registered as Philip Amande Thomas. He received a home education and determined at an early age to develop a career as a writer. His debut article was published in 1894 in the Daily Chronicle five years later he published the first of many books, Founders of the Empire. He was given the post of literary editor at Alfred Harmsworths leading tabloid format newspaper the Daily Mail. He subsequently worked on other prominent newspapers including the Daily Express.
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