J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie

male, deceased (1937)
peter pan, James Matthew Barrie, Glasgow Academy alumni, wendy, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom…1900-1949 British children's literature
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 - 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist....
A. A. Milne

A. A. Milne

male, deceased (1956)
INFP, death by stroke, English, Scottish, British, teddy bear…1900-1949 British children's literature
Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 - January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, was an English author, best known for his books about the...
Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame

male, deceased (1932) (Edinburgh)
From Edinburgh, Children's literature, The Wind in the Willows, Disney, children's writer, The Reluctant Dragon…1900-1949 British children's literature
Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 - July 6, 1932) was a British writer, mainly of the sort of fiction and fantasy written for children but enjoyed...
Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome

male, deceased (1967)
Writer-illustrator, Collector of fairy tales, British, lake district, rugby school, children's writer…1900-1949 British children's literature
Arthur Mitchell Ransome (January 18, 1884 - June 3, 1967), was a British author and journalist, best known for writing the "Swallows and Amazons"...
E. Nesbit

E. Nesbit

female, deceased (1924)
fiction for child, polyamory, Edith Bland, Edith Nesbit, fiction for children, androgyny…1900-1949 British children's literature, Children's literature
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; August 15 1858 - May 4, 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under...
W. E. Johns

W. E. Johns

male, deceased (1968)
Richard Hale School, Army Officer, Royal Air Force officer, pilot, children's writer, hertfordshire…British, 1900-1949 British children's literature
William Earl Johns (February 5 1893 - 21 June 1968) was an English pilot and writer of adventure stories, who usually wrote under the name Captain...
Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

female, deceased (1924)
from Cheetham Hill, A Little Princess, 1900-1949 British children's literature, From Knoxville, Tennessee, English, From Long Island…British
Frances Hodgson Burnett was an English–American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular "The Secret Ga...
Elsie J. Oxenham

Elsie J. Oxenham

female, deceased (1960)
Oxenham, Oxenham Non-Connectors, Writer of young adult literature, British children's literature, Scouting in the United Kingdom, 1900-1949 British children's literature…Young adult literature, British
Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley, was an English girls’ story writer, who took the name Oxenham as her pseudonym when her first book, "Goblin Island", wa...
Angela Brazil

Angela Brazil

female
children's writer, English, 1900-1949 British children's literature, Charles Hamilton, Frank Richards, School Girls' Stories
Angela Brazil, (pronounced "brazzle"), (November 30, 1868 - March 13, 1947), was the first of the British writers of "modern" "School Girls'...

Charles Hamilton

male, deceased (1961)
The Boy's Herald, The School Friend, comics writer, British, BBC, nom de plume…1900-1949 British children's literature
Charles Harold St. John Hamilton, also known as Frank Richards, was an English children's-book author. Born in Ealing, he is listed in Guinness...