Richard Jebb
Richard Jebb

Richard Jebb (1874 – 25 June 1953) was an English journalist and author in the field of Empire and colonial nationalism.

Life

Jebb was born in 1874. His parents were cousins Eglantyne Louisa (born Jebb) and Arthur Trevor Jebb. His sister Louisa (Wilkins) established the forerunner of the Women's Land Army during the first world war.[1] Another two of his sisters Eglantyne and Dorothy (became Buxton) co-founded the children's international development agency Save the Children.[2] Jebb was the nephew of the classical scholar and politician, Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb. He went to school at Marlborough College followed by New College, Oxford.[3]

During the First World War, Jebb was a captain in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, spending most of the war in England, serving as an instructor.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Wilkins [née Jebb], Louisa (1873–1929), agricultural administrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50178. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 7 April 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ Clare Mulley, The Woman who Saved the Children Archived 7 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford: Oneworld, 2009, p. xix-xx.
  3. 1 2 Miller, J. D. "Jebb, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37596. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)


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