English journalist, novelist and short story writer
Robert Smythe Hichens was a British journalist and novelist born on November 14, 1864, in Speldhurst. He was educated at Clifton College. During his career, he held occupations both as a journalist and a novelist.
Hichens held citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He passed away in Zürich on July 20, 1950.