Frank Gibney, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Frank Gibney

American journalist

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1924

Date of Death: 09-Apr-2006

Profession: military officer, historian, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Frank Bray Gibney (September 21, 1924 – April 9, 2006) was an American journalist, editor, writer and scholar.
He learned Japanese while in the American Navy during World War II, then was stationed in Japan.
As a journalist in Tokyo, he wrote Five Gentlemen of Japan, a popular book about the Japanese, welcomed for its humanism and for transcending the bitterness of war.
A half dozen more books followed on Japan and East Asia.
He also wrote on Communism in Europe.
At the Encyclopædia Britannica he directed translations, and he was the founder of the Pacific Basin Institute.