A. Hamilton Gibbs

A. Hamilton Gibbs
Portrait from The Sun, 1919
Born9 March 1888
London, England, UK
Died24 May 1964(1964-05-24) (aged 76)
Boston. U.S.
OccupationNovelist

Arthur Hamilton Gibbs (9 March 1888 – 24 May 1964) was an English-American novelist. He was the brother of Cosmo Hamilton and Sir Philip Gibbs.[1]

Born in London, Gibbs wrote 16 novels and two books of poetry. His novels include The Persistent Lovers (1915) (which was adapted into a 1922 film of the same name), Soundings (1925) (the best-selling book in the United States that year), and Chances (1930) adapted for film Chances (1931).

Gibbs became a United States citizen in 1931, and thereafter lived primarily in Lakeville, Massachusetts. He died in Boston in 1964, survived by his wife Jeanette (Philips), a writer and lawyer.[2]

  1. ^ "Major A. Hamilton Gibbs and his Book". The Sun. New York City. 26 October 1919. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. ^ (26 May 1964). Hamilton Gibbs, Author, 76, Dead, The New York Times