J. H. (John Hartman) Morgan

Born in 1876, John Hartman Morgan was a British lawyer and public intellectual who became known for his expertise in constitutional law. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, and at the University of Berlin, and he also worked in journalism early in his career, including for the Daily Chronicle and the Manchester Guardian.

Morgan built a varied career that crossed law, politics, and military service. During the First World War he served in the British Army, later becoming Brigadier-General J. H. Morgan, and he wrote extensively on public affairs, Germany, war conduct, and constitutional questions. That mix of legal training and direct wartime experience gives his books an informed, argumentative, and often very immediate tone.

He died in 1955. Readers coming to his work today will find the voice of a writer who was not only observing the great political struggles of his era, but was also closely involved in them.