Keable, Robert (1887–1927)

English novelist. He was a chaplain during World War I and as a result of his war experiences, of which he wrote in Standing By 1919, he decided to give up the church. Simon Called Peter 1921, a novel which told of his loss of faith, was hugely successful.

He was born in Bedfordshire, the son of a minister. Educated at Cambridge, he was ordained 1911 and went as a missionary to Basutoland (now Lesotho). During the war he was a chaplain with the South African forces.