Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, Nevinson was heavily influenced by the Christian Socialists during his college years. He began lecturing in history at Bedford College and in 1897 joined the staff of the Daily Chronicle. He reported on the Boer War and became known as an outstanding journalist. He spent time in Portugese Angola and, in 1906, published A Modern Slavery, a scathing review of slavery in that colony. He also reported from Russia and India for the Manchester Guardian. When the First World War broke out in 1914, Nevinson went, unofficially, to report from the Western Front. He took part in the Galipoli landing, reporting on the disaster and was wounded in the action. Nevinson was a staunch supporter of suffrage and helped to found the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in 1907. In 1939, he became the president of the National Council for Civil Liberties. His other works include Life of Friedrich Schiller (1889), Neighbours of Ours (1895), Ladysmith: The Diary of a Siege (1900), Essays in Freedom (1911), Original Sinners (1921), Changes and Chances (1923), Rough Islanders (1930), Fire of Life (1935) and Between the Wars (1936). |
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