Arthur Gleason

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Arthur Huntington Gleason was an American journalist, editor, and author who graduated from Yale in 1901. He wrote for newspapers and magazines including the New York Tribune, Collier's Weekly, The Survey, and Cosmopolitan, building a career that joined reporting with a deep concern for public life and reform.

Gleason became especially known for his coverage of Europe during World War I. Sources on his papers and biographical records describe him as a war correspondent in Belgium and also note that he served as an ambulance driver with the Belgian army. That firsthand experience shaped books such as Young Hilda at the Wars, Golden Lads, Our Part in the Great War, and Inside the British Isles, which gave readers immediate, human-scale accounts of conflict.

He also wrote about labor and workers' education, reflecting his lasting interest in social change. Titles such as What the Workers Want, British Labor and the War, and Workers' Education show another side of his work: clear, engaged writing about politics, industry, and the lives of working people. He died in 1923, leaving behind a body of writing that combines reportage, activism, and historical witness.