Background
Philip Thomas was born on March 3, 1878 in London, United Kingdom, in the family of civil service clerk Philip Henry Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Thomas.
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Philip Thomas was born on March 3, 1878 in London, United Kingdom, in the family of civil service clerk Philip Henry Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Thomas.
Philip was educated at Battersea Grammar School and St Paul's School in London. He was also a history scholar at Lincoln College, Oxford between 1898 and 1900.
Philip worked as a book reviewer, reviewing up to 15 books every week. He was already a seasoned writer by the outbreak of war, having published widely as a literary critic and biographer as well writing on the countryside. He also wrote a novel, "The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans", a "book of delightful disorder." Thomas worked as literary critic for the Daily Chronicle in London.
Philip became a poet at the end of 1914 when living at Steep, East Hampshire, and initially published his poetry under the name Edward Eastaway. In 1915-1917 he served in British Army as an infantry.
In June 1899, Philip married Helen Berenice Noble. They had a son Merfyn and two daughters, Bronwen and Myfanwy.
