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Sample of authors
Milne, A.A.
English writer, poet and journalist who became world famous for having created one of the most beloved figures in children’s books: Winnie-the-Pooh (Nalle Puh in Swedish). A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne was born in London, where he grew up and started his schooling at Westminster School 1893–1900. He continued at Trinity College in Cambridge where he was the editor of the student magazine Granta in 1...
Literary figures
Richard Hannay
Gender: Male
He was born in Scotland, learnt German from his father’s business friends, but grew up in South Africa. He was a soldier in the Boer War, but moved back to England in 1914, and was drawn into the first of the adventures that John Buchan wrote about him. Richard Hanney was a spy in the First World War, but subsequently married Mary Lamington, had a son called Peter John, and became a farmer.