Background
Phillips, Henry Albert was born on January 28, 1880 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry Albert and Addie A. (Stanhope) Phillips.
Phillips, Henry Albert was born on January 28, 1880 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry Albert and Addie A. (Stanhope) Phillips.
Educated Nashotah (Wisconsin) House, General Theological Seminary, 1901-1902.
1 son, Robert Henry Shepard. Associate editor Metropolitan Magazine, 1909, 10, Motion Picture Magazine, 1910-1911. Lecturer and instructor Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences, 1916-1918, and Y.M.C. Associations of New New York Sent abroad by Suecess Magazine and others to interview celebrities of foreign countries, 1925.
Spent 1926-1927 in Central Europe and 1928-1929 in Spain, gathering information for book
1930, studying conditions in Japan, China, Manchuria and of Korea, at invitation of Japanese Government. 1934, in Germany making survey of national socialism and political studies in Scandinavia, Austria and Italy.
1935-1936, studying economics and social conditions in Caribbean and West Indies, also visiting all countries of South America via Straits of Magellan. 1937, completely covering Mexico on assignments for articles and books
Dramatic feature writer New York Sunday Herald-Tribune, 1928-1933.
Wrote “Traveling With News,” department in New Outlook, 1932-1933. Wrote story of rum in West Indies for Literature Digest, 1933, also made exploration in Hayti, and visited South. America. Following beginning of World World World War II, covered Jugoslavia, Rumania, Transylvania, Bukowina, Hungary, and Italy.
Article “Europe Faces Famine (American Mercury, Reader’s Digest).
Survey address of Europeana, findings before special group in Washington. Magazine and news correspondent, South. America, study of conditions in relation to the United States, 1941.
Contributor articles relating to tour of South America, to National Geography Magazine, This Week, Christian Herald, Country Gentleman, Outdoor Life, 1942. Also gathered material in southern and southwestern states for article “Raw Materials and People of Home Front in the War”.
Contributor to symposium in Reader’s Digest, 1943.
Member honorary board Baypath College, Worcester, Massachusetts. Fellow American Geographic Society. Clubs: Players, Explorers, Lambs, Playwrights (founder 1910).
Married Margaret Wheeler Shepard, May 30, 1908.