Forbes Phillips

Born in the mid-1860s and later known legally as Rev. Forbes Alexander Phillips, he also wrote under the name Athol Forbes. Reliable literary reference sources describe him as a clergyman, novelist, and playwright.

Phillips served as Vicar of Gorleston from 1893 until his death in 1917. Contemporary local reporting notes that alongside his church work he wrote a large number of books and plays, and his fiction includes Cassock and Comedy: The Humorous Side of Clerical Life.

He is now most often associated with War and the Weird (1916), written with R. Thurston Hopkins, a book that reflects his interest in strange experiences, belief, and the emotional atmosphere of wartime. A suitable verified portrait image was not clearly available from the pages I could confirm.