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Arthur Ransome

Author and journalist
Arthur Michell Ransome CBE was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the... Wikipedia
Born: January 18, 1884, Leeds, United Kingdom
Died: June 3, 1967 (age 83 years), Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, Cheadle, United Kingdom
Spouse: Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina (m. 1924–1967) and Ivy Constance Walker (m. 1909–1924)
Notable awards: Carnegie Medal; 1936