Kenneth Grahame - Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 - July 6, 1932) was an English novelist. Grahame was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is most famous for writing The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature. Grahame was orphaned as a child and went to live with his grandmother in England. He attended St. Edward's School in Oxford but could not afford to attend university. He worked at the Bank of England until retiring in 1907 due to ill health. He died in Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Bibliography Pagan Papers (1893)(Gutenberg text) The Golden Age (1895) (Gutenberg text) Dream Days (1898) (Gutenberg text) The Wind in the Willows (1908) (Gutenberg text).
E. H. Shepard - was known especially for his human-like animals in illustrations for The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne..
1859 - Oskar I as Swedish King Codex Sinaiticus found by Constantin von Tischendorf on his third visit to the monastery of Santa Katerina, on Mount Sinai Bernhard Riemann formulates the Riemann hypothesis, one of most important open problems of contemporary mathematics Solar flares first observed on the Sun by English astronomer Richard Carrington. Brisbane declared the capital of newly-made-separate colony Queensland, Australia Year in topic 1859 in literature Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is published on July 11 Births January 11 - George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon), British statesman (†1925) January 13 - Karl Bleibtreu, critic (†1928) January 27 - Wilhelm II of Germany, last German Emperor and Prussian king (†1941) February 1 - Victor Herbert, composer (†1924) February.
1859 in literature - Ivan Goncharov On the Origin of Species - Charles Darwin The Ordeal of Richard Feverel - George Meredith Rocambole - Pierre Ponson The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (poetry) - Edward Fitzgerald A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens The World of Ice - RM Ballantyne Births Mary Cholmondeley, British writer (+ 1925) March 8 - Kenneth Grahame (+ 1932) May 22 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (+ 1930) October 18 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher and winner of the 1927 Nobel Prize in literature December 15 - L. L. Zamenhof, Ruso-Polish initiator of Esperanto Deaths November 28 - Washington Irving, author December 28 - Thomas Macaulay, poet, historian and politician Awards.
1932 - 12 - Julian Simon, economist, author February 14 - Alexander Kluge, actor and film director February 18 - Milos Forman, film director February 22 - Edward Kennedy, US politician and brother of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy February 24 - Michel Legrand, composer February 25 - Faron Young country music singer (d. 1996) February 26 - Johnny Cash, US country music singer February 27 - Elizabeth Taylor, US actress March 4 - Miriam Makeba, singer March 12 - Andrew Young, civil rights activist, politician, ambassador to the United Nations March 18 - John Updike, US author April 1 - Debbie Reynolds, actress April 4 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian movie director (d. 1986) April 4 - Anthony Perkins, US actor (d. 1992) April 12 - Tiny Tim, musician April 23.
1908 in literature - Mamma - Rhoda Broughton The Man Who Was Thursday - G. K. Chesterton My Double Life - Sarah Bernhardt The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett Penguin Island - Anatole France A Room with a View - E. M. Forster The Seven Who Were Hanged - Leonid Andreyev The Shoulders of Atlas - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Tale of Jemina Puddle-Duck - Beatrix Potter The Testing of Diana Mallory - Mary Augusta Ward Three lives - Gertrude Stein Tono-Bungay - H.G. Wells War of the Classes - Jack London The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame Births January 9 - Simone de Beauvoir, feminist philosopher February 8 - Emil Staiger, scientist of literature (+ 1987) February 11 - Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist. March 22 - Louis L'Amour, author.
A. A. Milne - have been the source of the name for Milne's most famous character. E. H. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books. After Milne's death, rights to the Pooh characters were sold to the Walt Disney Company, which has made a number of cartoon movies out of them and merchandise. He also wrote a number of poems, including "Vespers", "They're Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace", and "King John's Christmas", which were published in the books When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. His poems have been parodied many times, including in the book Now We Are Sixty. He also adapted Kenneth Grahame's novel The Wind in the Willows for the stage as Toad of Toad Hall. Bibliography Novels Lovers in London, (1905) (Some consider this more of a short story.
The Wind in the Willows - in the Willows The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame. The book made Kenneth Grahame's fortune, enabling him to retire from his hated (though respectable and well-paid) bank job and retire to the country, pretty much doing what the animal characters in this book do. The story is alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, centering on three middle-aged male characters in bucolic England. It had illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Characters 2 Adaptations and spin-offs 3.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - his head to a canon-ball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War and who stalks Sleepy Hollow in search of a replacement head. The denouement of the fictional tale is set at the lower bridge in the real location of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Notable film adaptations include: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad directed by James Algar, Clyde Geronimi and Jack Kinney, first released on October 5, 1949. It is an animated version of the story, accompanied by an animated version of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows and produced by the Walt Disney Company. It is somewhat darker than the original story and whether the visualy impressive Horseman is a ghost or a disguise is left somewhat unclear. Sleepy Hollow directed by Tim Burton, first released.
Toad of Toad Hall - Toad Hall is one of the play versions of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. The play was written by A. A. Milne. It is named after one of the main characters of The Wind in the Willows, a likable but irresponsible aristocrat..
Sunday Times Rich List 2003 (1-500) - (Finance) - £1,800m 9. Kirsten Rausing (Inheritance and bloodstock) - £1,600m 10. David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville and family (J Sainsbury Supermarkets) - £1,500m 11. Charles Gerald John Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan and family (Property) - £1,425m 12. Lakshmi Mittal (Steel) - £1,310m 13. Eddie and Malcolm Healey (Property and kitchens) - £1,260m 14. Betty, Lady Grantchester (daughter of the late Sir John Moores, widow of Kenneth Suenson-Taylor, 2nd Baron Grantchester) and the Moores family (Retailing and football pools) - £1,255m 15. Sir Richard Branson (Transport and mobile phones) - £1,250m 16. Philippe Foriel-Destezet (Recruitment services) - £1,164m 17. Mary Czernin and the Howard de Walden family (Property) - £1,150m 18. Viscount Portman and family (Property) - £1,070m 19. Roddie Fleming and family (Banking) - £1,050m 19. Sir Adrian.
Piper at the Gates of Dawn - on August 5, 1967 and reached #6 on the UK charts and #131 on the US charts. The CD was first released in 1987, and re-released with a digitally re-mastered CD in 1994. The album's title comes from the seventh chapter of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, where Ratty and Molly, while searching for a lost animal, get a religious experience. ("This is the place of my song-dream, the place the music played to me," whispered the Rat, as if in a trance. "here, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely we shall find Him!"). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Tracks 2 Personnel 3 External Link Tracks "Astronomy Domine" (4:12) "Lucifer Sam" (3:07) "Matilda Mother" (3:08) "Flaming" (2:46) "Pow R.Toc H" (4:26) "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk".
March 8 - defeats Muhammad Ali in the first of three epic bouts. Frazier defends the world Heavyweight title in a star-studded Madison Square Garden. 1972 - The Goodyear blimp flies for the first time. 1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France. 1983 - President Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "Evil Empire". 1988 - Two United States Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell, Kentucky killing 17 servicemen. 1999 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh. Births 1714 - Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, composer, not to be confused with his father Johann Sebastian Bach (†1788) 1783 - Hannah Van Buren, First Lady of the United States 1841 - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, Supreme Court justice (†1935) 1857 -.
Maxfield Parrish - education and went on to pursue a career that was to last for many decades and effectively shape the Golden Age of illustration, and the future of American visual art in general. Launched by a commission3 to illustrate Kenneth Grahame's The Walls Were as of Jasper in 1897, his repertoire was to include many prestigious projects such as Eugene Field's Poems of Childhood (1904, see illustration) and the traditional1 Arabian Nights (1909). In the 1920s, Parrish turned away from illustration and concentrated mainly on painting for its own sake. Androgynous nudes in fantastical settings were an often recurring theme. He continued in this venue for the rest of his life, living comfortably off the royalties brought in by the production of posters and calendars featuring his works. Parrish was famous for.
Members of the Scottish Parliament - and Inverness West) Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow Maryhill) Alex Fergusson (Con - Galloway & Upper Nithsdale) Ross Finnie (Lib Dem - West of Scotland) Colin Fox (SSP - Lothians) Murdo Fraser (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) G Phil Gallie (Con - South of Scotland) Rob Gibson (SNP - Highlands and Islands) Karen Gillon (Lab - Clydesdale) Marlyn Glen (Lab - North East Scotland) Trish Godman (Lab - West Renfrewshire) Annabel Goldie (Con - West of Scotland) Donald Gorrie (Lib Dem - Central Scotland) Christine Grahame (SNP - South of Scotland) H Robin Harper (Grn - Lothians) Patrick Harvie (Grn - Glasgow) Hugh Henry (Lab - Paisley South) John Home Robertson (Lab - East Lothian) Janis Hughes (Lab - Glasgow Rutherglen) Fiona Hyslop (SNP - Lothians) I Adam Ingram (SNP.
List of children's literature authors - Changes trilogy. Thomas M. Disch - The Brave Little Toaster, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Franklin W. Dixon - The Hardy Boys series Mary Mapes Dodge - Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates William Pène du Bois - The Twenty-One Balloons E Martin Ebbertz - Little Mr. Jaromir F Eugene Field - Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Anne Fine - Goggle Eyes Ian Fleming, (1908-1964), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Esther Forbes - Johny Tremain Anne Frank, (1929-1945), The Diary of a Young Girl G Alan Garner - The Owl Service, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath, Elidor, Red Shift etc. Jean George - My Side of the Mountain Fred Gipson - Old Yeller Oliver Goldsmith, (1730-1774), The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes Kenneth Grahame, (1859-1932), The Wind in.
List of English people - 16 Politicians 17 Scientists 18 Sportsmen/sportswomen 19 Writers 20 Other Notables Actors/Actresses Sir John Gielgud Alec Guinness Kenneth More Laurence Olivier Sir Ralph Richardson Alistair Sims Dame Maggie Smith Archaeologists and Anthropologists Mick Aston Richard Atkinson Churchill Babington Howard Carter Grahame Clark David Clarke Barry Cunliffe Glyn Daniel John Disney, (1779-1857), barrister and archaeologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard, (1902-1973), social anthropologist Cyril Fox Dorothy Garrod William Greenwell Kathleen Kenyon John Leland, (1502-1552), antiquary John Lubbock, (1834-1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist John Robert Mortimer Colin Renfrew, (born 1937), archaeologist E.B. Tylor, (1832-1917), anthropologist Mortimer Wheeler Architects George Basevi Nicholas Hawksmoor, (1661-1736), architect Inigo Jones, (1573-1652), architect Edwin Lutyens, (1869-1944), architect William Morris, (1834-1896), architect, author August Pugin, (1812-1852), architect Christopher Wren, (1632-1723), architect Artists William Blake, (1757-1827), painter, poet Thomas Gainsborough, (1727-1788),.
List of archaeologists - Well-known archaeologists include: Mick Aston Richard Atkinson Churchill Babington Gerhard Bersu Lewis Binford Karl Butzer Howard Carter Vere Gordon Childe Grahame Clark David Clarke O.G.S. Crawford Barry Cunliffe James Curle Glyn Daniel James Deetz Sir Arthur Evans Kent Flannery Alfred Foucher Cyril Fox William Flinders Petrie Percy Gardner Dorothy Garrod Pere Bosch-Gimpera William Greenwell Gustaf VI Adolf Phil Harding Christopher Hawkes Marcel Homet Glynn Isaac Donald Johanson Kathleen Kenyon Gustav Kossinna Louis Leakey Richard Leakey Carenza Lewis Sir Max Mallowan John Hubert Marshall Charles McBurney Paul Mellars Sir Ellis Minns John Robert Mortimer Evzen Neustupný Kenneth Oakley Augustus Pitt Rivers George Pitt Rivers Timothy Potter Colin Renfrew Julian Richards Heinrich Schliemann J. Eric S. Thompson Christian Jürgensen Thomsen Chris Tilley Peter Ucko Mortimer Wheeler Leonard Woolley Ezra Zubrow.
List of Scottish writers - Garioch Lewis Grassic Gibbon Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham Kenneth Grahame, (1859-1932) Elizabeth Grant Alasdair Gray, (born 1934) Neil M Gunn John MacDougall Hay Robert Henryson James Hogg John Home Violet Jacob James Peebles Ewing Kennaway Jessie Kesson Andrew Lang, (1844-1912) David Lindsay Sir David Lindsay Eric Linklater John Gibson Lockhart Fionn Mac Colla Norman MacCaig, poet Hugh MacDiarmid, (1892-1978), poet George Macdonald, (1824-1905), poet, novelist William Topaz McGonagall, poet, novelist Duncan Ban Macintyre John Mackail, classical scholar and writer Compton Mackenzie Sorley MacLean, (1911-1996), Scottish Gaelic poet Ken MacLeod Sir Edward Montague Duncan McIntyre, Gaelic poet, a.k.a Duncan Ban McIntyre Henry Mackenzie Ian Maclaren Alistair MacLean Robert McLellan James Macpherson Gavin Maxwell Hugh Miller A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh Edwin Muir Neil Munro Charles Murray Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne,.
List of dragons - in Literature Ancalagon the Black and Glaurung the Golden in The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien The (genetically engineered) Dragons of Pern from the novels by Anne McCaffrey Griaule, a gigantic dragon, paralyzed and moribund yet still capable of casting a baleful influence, in stories by Lucius Shepard Jabberwock, likely a dragon, in Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking-Glass Falkor, the luck dragon in The Neverending Story by Michael Ende Mayland Long, who used to be a Chinese dragon, in Tea with the Black Dragon and Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy Norbert, Hagrid's dragon baby in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling Various unnamed adult dragons in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling The Reluctant Dragon, from the story of the same.
