Bert Thomas

For other people named Bert Thomas, see Bert Thomas (disambiguation).

Bert Thomas
MBE
Portrait (undated, artist unknown)
Born
Herbert Samuel Thomas

(1883-10-13)13 October 1883[1]
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died6 September 1966(1966-09-06) (aged 82)
London, England[2]
Resting placeKensal Green Cemetery, London, England
OccupationPolitical cartoonist
Known for
SpouseElizabeth Florette Bowen
Children6
AwardsMBE
Thomas' cartoon for the Ministry of Information during the Second World War

Herbert Samuel Thomas MBE (13 October 1883 – 6 September 1966) was a British political cartoonist contributing to Punch magazine and the creator of well-known British propaganda posters during the First and Second World Wars.[3]

  1. ^ Mark Bryant, ‘Thomas, Herbert Samuel (1883–1966)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 18 June 2012
  2. ^ "Mr. Bert Thomas". The Times]. 7 September 1966. p. 14.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Wilson, Andrew R. (2008), War, Virtual War and Society: The Challenge to Communities, vol. 44, Rodopi, p. 28, ISBN 9789042023475