author
G. H. (George Herbert) Perris
1866–1920
A British journalist, activist, and popular historian, he wrote with energy about war, peace, foreign affairs, and social change. He is also remembered as the originator of the Home University Library, a hugely influential series that brought serious ideas to general readers.
2 Audiobooks
Leo Tolstoy
by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton, Edward Garnett, G. H. (George Herbert) Perris
The Battle of the Marne
by G. H. (George Herbert) Perris
About the author
Born in Liverpool in 1866, George Herbert Perris built his career in journalism from the 1880s onward and worked for both provincial and national newspapers. He was deeply engaged in public life, with interests that ranged from democracy and international understanding to peace activism and foreign affairs.
Perris wrote for journals including The Speaker and Concord, and later served as foreign editor for The Tribune and The Daily News. During the First World War he was a war correspondent for the Daily Chronicle in France, while also publishing books on military history, politics, and international questions.
He is especially notable as the originator of the Home University Library of Modern Knowledge, a landmark series of accessible nonfiction books that eventually grew to more than 200 volumes. Perris died on December 23, 1920, leaving behind a body of work shaped by curiosity, reforming zeal, and a strong belief that serious knowledge should reach ordinary readers.