Maurice Baring

Maurice Baring

Photographic portrait of Maurice Baring (about 1922).
Photographic portrait of Maurice Baring (about 1922).
BornMaurice Baring
27 April 1874
Mayfair, London, England
Died14 December 1945(1945-12-14) (aged 71)
Beaufort Castle, Scotland
OccupationDramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist
LanguageEnglish
EducationEton College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Maurice Baring OBE (27 April 1874 – 14 December 1945) was an English man of letters, known as a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist, and also as a travel writer and war correspondent, with particular knowledge of Russia. During World War I, Baring served in the Intelligence Corps and Royal Air Force.