Herbert Leslie Greener (February 13, 1900 - December 8, 1974) was a soldier, writer, artist, journalist, and egyptologist.[1] He was born in Constantia, South Africa.[2] He studied at Felsted School from 1914 to 1917, then Sandhurst, before joining the Indian Army.[2]
His first marriage was to painter Rhona Haszard. The couple lived on the premises of Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt, where he taught art and French.[3]
He wrote about his time as a prisoner of the Japanese while serving in the Australian Army during World War II.[4]
He lived in Hobart, Tasmania.
Published works
edit- No Time to Look Back, Victor Gollancz, 1950
- Moon Ahead, Viking Press, New York (1951) hb/William Pène du Bois
- The Wizard Boatman of the Nile and Other Tales from Egypt, George G Harrap, London (1957)
- High Dam over Nubia (1962)
- The Discovery of Egypt (1966)[5]
References
edit- ^ Giordano, Margaret, "Greener, Herbert Leslie (1900–1974)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 12 September 2020
- ^ a b "(Herbert) Leslie Standerwick Greener | Artefacts of Excavation". egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk.
- ^ "VICTORIA COLLEGE". www.egy.com. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Leslie Greener". The Happiness Box.
- ^ "Greener, Leslie [WorldCat Identities]".
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