L. March (Lisle March) Phillipps

L. March Phillipps, also published as Lisle March Phillipps, was a British author whose books covered an unusually wide spread of subjects. Listings of his work show titles including With Rimington, In the Desert, The Works of Man, Art and Environment, and Form and Colour, suggesting a career that moved between military experience, travel writing, and reflections on art and civilization.

His writing seems especially shaped by firsthand experience. With Rimington grew out of his service in the South African War, while later books turned toward architecture, aesthetics, and the way people shape the world around them. That mix gives his work a practical, observant feel: he was not only interested in ideas, but in how landscapes, buildings, and human action fit together.

Available biographical records on him are limited, but reliable catalog and reference sources identify him as living from 1863 to 1917. Some genealogical sources also connect him with an established British family and note his marriage to Isabel Coulson, though the strongest easily confirmed details are the dates attached to his published works and library records.