Philip Graves

Journalist

Philip Graves was born in Cork, Munster, Ireland on February 25th, 1876 and is the Journalist. At the age of 77, Philip Graves biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

Date of Birth
February 25, 1876
Nationality
Ireland, United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Cork, Munster, Ireland
Death Date
Jun 3, 1953 (age 77)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Profession
Entomologist, Historian, Journalist, Lepidopterist
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Oriel College, Oxford
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Philip Graves Life

Perceval Graves (25 February 1876 – 3 June 1953) was an Irish journalist and writer.

While working as an international correspondent of The Times in Constantinople, he exposed The Protocols of Zion as an antisemitic plagiarism, deception, and hoax.

Life

Graves, the eldest son of writer Alfred Perceval Graves (1846-1931), was born in Ballylickey, Ireland, into a prominent Anglo-Irish family. He studied at Haileybury and Oriel College, earning a bachelor's degree from Oxford University in March 1900. He was Robert Graves and Charles Graves' elder half-brother.

He covered World War I as a correspondent for The Times in Constantinople from 1908 to 1914. He had to leave the Ottoman Empire as a British citizen during 1914. He served in the British Army in the Middle East war theater from 1915-1919. He served with T. E. Lawrence on the Turkish Army Handbook for the Arab Bureau as a captain in Army Intelligence in Cairo. Sir Robert Windham Graves, a British Consul in Erzurum (1895) and financial advisor to the Turkish government (1912), as well as a Cairo Civil Intelligence.

Graves returned from his homeland on the Anglo-Irish War in 1919. He knew Michael Collins, W. T. Cosgrave, and other leading figures of the Irish freedom movement, and was closely involved in reporting events during this crucial period of Irish history. He worked in India, Levant, and Balkans before returning to London to work as an editor of The Times.

In 1921, he published The Protocols of the Elders of Zion as an anti-Semitic forgery in a series of articles in The Times.

Sir Ronald Storrs' first two volumes were published in 22 of the 24-volume quarterly study of the events of and participants in World War II written during the war.

Graves have received numerous international accolades and trophies, among them are a French Légion d'honneur for his services in British intelligence during the First World War and the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Graves developed an interest in entomology and wrote articles in scientific journals during his travels. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

In 1946, he returned to Ballylickey and concentrated mainly on zoological interests. He conducted an investigation into the Irish butterflies, being particularly interested in the local subspecies. Ballylickey House was restored as a hotel by his son after his demise.

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