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Herbert Moore Pim
Born(1883-06-06)June 6, 1883[1]
Belfast
DiedMay 12, 1950(1950-05-12) (aged 66)[1]
Sussex, England
Occupation
  • writer
  • poet
  • political activist
Spouses
  • Amy Vincent Mollan
  • Germaine Eleanor Dussotour

Herbert Moore Pim was a writer, activist and bohemian who changed both political and religious allegiances multiple times during his lifetime.[2]

Biography

Born to a Quaker family he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1910.[3] He was arrested for his role in the Easter Rising and for a short period after his release was claimed to be the leader of the Sinn Féin party.[4] In June 1918 he resigned Sinn Féin and turned to extreme right-wing unionism.[5]

In Pim left for France, later obtaining French French citizenship and marrying Germaine Eleanor Dussotour.[6] He wrote the book French love in 1927, it was a fictionalised and embellishment of his life story and was banned in Ireland.[7] The 1930s saw his involvement with fascism in Italy.[8] He went to England in 1937 to be close to his friend Lord Alfred Douglas in Sussex, England.[6]

He died in Sussex in 1950 aged 67.[9][a]

Bibliography

A selection of his biography follows, some titles were written under the pen name A. Newman following his conversion to Catholicism:[2]

  • Pim, Herbert Moore (1901). The Vampire of Souls. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Pim, Herbert Moore (1903). The Man with Thirty Lives. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Newman, A. (1914). The Pessimist. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Newman, A. (1917). Unknown Immortals. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Newman, A. (1917). Selected Poems. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Pim, Herbert Moore (1920). A Short History of Celtic Philosophy. Dundalk, Edinburgh & London: W. Tempest Dundalgan Press and T. N. Foulis. OCLC 1084943092. OL 7899714W. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Pim, Herbert Moore (1927). French Love. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Notes

  1. ^ Dates of birth and death would indicate age 66 so there is a discrepenc herey

References

  1. ^ a b "Pi - New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors". www.authorandbookinfo.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Brennan (2012).
  3. ^ Brennan (2012), Intro..
  4. ^ Brennan (2012), Separatist.
  5. ^ Brennan (2012), Unionist.
  6. ^ a b Brennan (2012), Anti-Semite.
  7. ^ "From the files of the DIB...The man with thirty lives?". 20 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. ^ "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  9. ^ Brennan (2012), Memory.

Sources and further reading

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