Gilbert Phelps (3 January 1915 – 15 June 1993) was a British educationist and author, best known for nine distinguished novels that he wrote between 1953 and 1975 and for his literary criticism which embraces several foreign literatures, chiefly Russian and African.
Gilbert Henry Phelps was born in Gloucester, won a scholarship to a grammar school and another to Cambridge, where he graduated with a double First in English.
On returning to England, he became Senior English Master at Blundell's School.
Phelps then became Chief Instructor, Sound, for Staff Training at the BBC.
[2] He wrote, edited and contributed introductions to a number of books published by the Folio Society.