Background
Hall, Henry Noble was born on December 11, 1872 in Penge, near Croydon, England. Son of Henry Nissen and Lillian (Porter) Hall.
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Henry Noble Hall
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Educated King’s School, Canterbury, Victoria College, Jersey, and Louisiana Sorbonne, Paris.
Career
Worked on French newspapers and travelled extensively throughout Europe, 1890-1900. Visited West Indies; owner-editor The Pioneer and the Trinidad Magazine, 1901-1905, Philadelphia North American, 1905-1907, New Orleans Item, 1907. Conducted investigation into telephone conditions in New Orleans for New Orleans Board of Trade, 1907.
Staff correspondent, New York World, 1908-1917, war correspondent, 1914-1915, lent to Democratic National Committee for President Wilson’s campaigns, 1912, 16.
Appointed by Mayor Mitchell as assistant secretary of Committee to Honor and Welcome British and French War Missions, 1917. Acting correspondent London Times in Washington and war correspondent with American Expeditionary Forces, also covered Peace Conference and all meetings of Supreme Council, 1917-1922.
Honorary secretary Anglo-American Press Association in Paris. Public relations officer International Chamber of Commerce, 1925-1930.
Director Office Britannique in Paris and from its inception, representative of British Council in charge British propaganda in France, 1930-1939.
1st secretary (temporary) British Embassy in Paris in charge of Information, 1939-1940. Associate with Lord Bessborough in French Welfare Work in London, 1940-1941. American correspondent of News of the World, 1941-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Clubs: National Press (Washington.
Connections
Married Suzanne Arot, June 24, 1893 (died 1919). Married second, Jean Oertel, October 27, 1920.
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Nationality
British
Awards
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Decorated Commander Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Officier de L’Instruction Publique, Knight of Order of Leopold (Belgium).Decorated Commander Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Officier de L’Instruction Publique, Knight of Order of Leopold (Belgium).