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Arthur Moore
1866–1952
An Irish-born journalist and author, he built a career on first-hand reporting from some of the most turbulent parts of the early 20th century. His writing drew on long experience in the Balkans, Persia, India, and beyond.
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A Comedy of Masks: A Novel
by Ernest Christopher Dowson, Arthur Moore
About the author
Born in Glenavy, County Antrim, in 1880, Arthur Moore was educated at Campbell College in Belfast and at St John's College, Oxford, where he became president of the Oxford Union. He went on to combine journalism, travel, and political observation in a career that took him far beyond Britain and Ireland.
Moore worked as a correspondent and writer with a strong interest in international affairs. Reference sources describe him reporting from the Balkans and Persia and later serving as managing editor of The Statesman in India. He also published books including The Orient Express and This Our War.
Although he is not widely remembered today, Moore belonged to a generation of writer-journalists who turned travel and foreign reporting into vivid nonfiction. His work is especially tied to the political upheavals of the first half of the 20th century and to a life spent close to the places he wrote about.