Herbert Leslie Greener (February 13, 1900 - December 8, 1974) was a soldier, writer, journalist, and egyptologist.[1] He was born in Constantia, South Africa.[2] He studied at Felsted School from 1914 to 1917, then Sandhurst, before joining the Indian Army.[2]

He wrote about his time as a prisoner of the Japanese while serving in the Australian Army during World War II.[3]

Landscape painting of Alexandria, Egypt by Rhona Haszard donated by Greener to Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

His first marriage was to painter Rhona Haszard. The couple lived on the premises of Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt, where he taught art and French.[4]

He lived in Hobart, Tasmania.

Published works

  • Moon Ahead, Viking Press, New York (1951) hb/William Pène du Bois
  • The Wizard Boatman of the Nile and Other Tales from Egypt, George G Harrap, London (1957)
  • High Dam over Nubia (1962)
  • The Discovery of Egypt (1966)[5]

No Time to Look Back, Victor Gollancz, 1950

References

  1. ↑ Giordano, Margaret, "Greener, Herbert Leslie (1900–1974)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 12 September 2020
  2. 1 2 "(Herbert) Leslie Standerwick Greener | Artefacts of Excavation". egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk.
  3. ↑ "Leslie Greener". The Happiness Box.
  4. ↑ "VICTORIA COLLEGE". www.egy.com. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Greener, Leslie [WorldCat Identities]".


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