Background
Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle was born June 11, 1875, in Naples, New York, to William L. and Hariette (Gilbert) Pottle.
Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle was born June 11, 1875, in Naples, New York, to William L. and Hariette (Gilbert) Pottle.
He graduated from Amherst College in the class of 1899.
He prepared for college at Naples High School and at the Normal School in Oneonta, New New York Pottle started out as a short story writer and later wrote plays. From 1899 to 1900 he was an instructor in English and public speaking at Beloit Academy in Wisconsin.
In 1900 he was a reporter for the Morning Sun in New York City.
From 1900-1901 he worked for the Evening Post. And from 1901-1903 he worked for Criterion Magazine.
He was an instructor in English at Columbia University and a writer He wrote a number of books in his early years, including Handicapped, The Little Village, and The Little House.
He also wrote poems and short stories for magazines and several plays.
Much of his writing was under the pen name Gilbert Emery. He died on October 28, 1945, in Los Angeles, California.
During World War I, Pottle was a member of the American Expeditionary Forces" Liaison Service, serving with French Balloon Companies 39, 49 and 74. He was later a member of the Paris Peace Conference from 1918 to 1919, and a member of the Interallied Food Commission in 1919.