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Frank Herbert Simonds (April 5, 1878 – January 32, 1936) was a journalist, editor and author who concentrated on power politics in Europe during and after the First World War.
Early Life
[edit]Simonds was born in Concord, Massachusetts to William Henry and Jennie E. Simonds (nèe Garty) on April 5, 1878.
Before earning his A.B. from Harvard in 1901 and a Litt. D. from Dartmouth College in 1918, Simonds served as a private in the Spanish-American War (Co. I, 6th Mass Regt.).
Simonds married Mary France Gledhill on December 25, 1902. They had two children: Katherine (who later married Lovell Thompson) and James.
Simonds had homes in Washington D.C. and Snowville, New Hampshire.
Career
[edit]Simonds started his career in 1901 working as a reporter for the New York Tribune transferring to the Washington, DC bureau in 1903, finally serving as an Albany, NY correspondent 1904-1905. Simonds then served as an Albany correspondent for the New York Evening Post from 1906-1908. From 1908-1913 Simonds served as an editorial writer for The Sun after which he served as an editor of The Evening Sun from 1913-1914. In March of 1915, Simonds served as an editor for The Tribune until December 1918. Simonds was a contributing editor for Review of Reviews from 1914 to 1933. Starting in 1918, Simonds contributed to a syndicate of more than 50 newspapers worldwide.
Honors
[edit]- Chevalier Legion d'Honneur (1919)
- Commander of Order of the Phoenix
- Officer Star of Rumania
- Officer Polonia Restituta
- Officer Order of the Crown
- Order of Merit
Bibliography
[edit]Simonds wrote or edited the following books:
- They Shall Not Pass (1916)
- History of the World War (5 volumes 1917-1920)
- How Europe Made Peace without America (1927)
- Can Europe Keep the Peace (1931)
- They Won the War (1931)
- Can America Stay Home (1932)
- ABC of the War Debts (1933)