Kenneth Grahame

Children's Author

Birthday March 8, 1859

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Scotland

DEATH DATE Jul 6, 1932 (73)

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About

Scottish writer who wrote the popular 1908 piece of children's literature The Wind in the Willows and the 1898 story The Reluctant Dragon which was later made into Disney films.

Before Fame

He worked at the Bank of England in 1879 and retired as their Secretary in 1908.

Trivia

He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for The Wind in the Willows in 1958.

Family Life

He grew up with his grandmother and three siblings in Berkshire.

Associated With

His portrait was drawn by artist John Singer Sargent.