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SUMMARY: Alice Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) oldest child of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth was the oldest child of President Theodore Roosevelt. Her mother, Alice Hathaway Lee was the first wife of President Roosevelt. Alice’s mother was a banking heiress and her father was a state assemblyman at the time of her birth. Alice’s mother Alice died of Bright’s disease two days after Alice’s birth on February 12, 1884.

Alice was left by her father and raised by her aunt while her father moved to North Dakota. Alice was left with a large inheritance from her mother and this and the lack of a father in her early years helped contribute to her irreverent attitude towards her father.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth was raised by her Aunt Barnie and developed a great relationship with her. She would spend vacations with her aunt Barnie when her father and stepmother couldn’t handle her.

Alice’s father, Theodore married Edith Kermit Carow, a childhood friend. They married in London and had 5 children together. Alice came back to live with her father once he remarried. She spent many summers and holidays with her Lee grandparents. She enjoyed this time and was spoiled and given undivided attention by her grandparents. Alice did not get this from her step mom.

Alice contracted polio and it was her stepmother’s forcefulness that prevented a life in a wheelchair or on crutches. Edith forced Alice to wear the leg braces and shoes, even through Alice’s sobs and complaints. Alice had little evidence of the disease and could run up stairs and touch her toes to her nose into her 80’s.

Alice matured onto a beautiful young woman and when her father became the 26th President of the United States, she became a celebrity and fashion icon. Alice was well known as a rule-breaker during a time when women conformed under great pressure. Alice made headlines everywhere she went. She took a tour with the secretary of war among others on a diplomatic mission to Japan and China. She was photographed with the Emperor of Japan and the Empress of China.

On this mission she met her future husband, Nicholas Longworth. They were married in1906 and it was the social event of the season. Alice and Nick resided in Washington D.C. where Nick could work as a member of the House of Representatives.

Alice had a daughter Paulina while married to Nick. The father of Paulina is Senator William Borah. Alice and Nick both had affairs after Alice campaigned against her husband in a political race.

Alice’s husband, Nick died in 1931. She and Pauline continued to live in Washington. Alice’s daughter died at the age of 31 in 1957, by a drug overdose. Alice fought in court and won the custody of her granddaughter, Joanna.

During the depression Alice found she had no fortune. She published her autobiography, Crowded Hours, and it was well received by the public.

Alice had two nicknames. The first, Princess Alice, was when her father was president. Her second, the other Washington Monument, was by maintaining her community, social and political stature. She was not one you would want to trifle with. One bad word from Alice Roosevelt Longworth and no one liked you. But if she liked you then everyone liked you.

Alice began to have health problems in the 1950s. In 1955 she fell and broke her hip. In 1958 she had a mastectomy for her breast cancer. She had breast cancer again in 1970, requiring a second mastectomy. In 1960, age 76; Alice was diagnosed with emphysema as a result from her many years of smoking.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth was a guest in the White House since her father was the President. She choose not to always attend the activities and had no problems making fun of the First Lady’s she did not like. She did however show support to many Presidents.

Alice’s last public appearance was at the christening of the sub named after her father, the USS Theodore Roosevelt in 1959. Then after many years of failing health, Alice died in her Embassy Row home in 1980. She was 96 years old and had died of emphysema, pneumonia, cardiac arrest and a number of other extended illnesses.

SUMMARY: Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) French author and philosopher
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Albert Camus was a 20th century philosophier who was awarded the Nobel Prize. He was born November 7, 1913 in Mondovi, Algeria to a French-Algerian settler family. Albert’s was born to Lucien Camus and Helen Sintes. His father was an orphan in Algeria. Lucien’s parents were French immigrants looking for a better life. When Albert Camus was born Lucien, his father, was a callerman at a winery.

Albert Camus’ mother was of Spanish decent. Her family moved to Algeria from the Spanish island of Minorca. Helen was half-deaf and had a speech problem. She relied on her husband a lot.

Alberts father, Lucien was drafted into WW1 in 1914. He was killed at the battle of the Marne. This left Albert mother to raise him and his older brother alone. The family moved to Belcourt, which was a poverty section of Algiers. Here Albert’s grandmother raised him and his brother. Albert’s grandmother was dying of cancer and he had two uncles living with them all.

Life was not great here at an apartment that had no electricity or plumbing. Albert Camus escaped into his studies and sports teams. Camus excelled in academics as well as a leader and competitor in sports. He was tutored and accepted into and exclusive secondary school preparatory for college.

Albert Camus was then accepted into the University of Algiers’ school of philosophy and stepped out of poverty. In 1930 Albert studies and sports activities were interrupted with a bad case of tuberculosis. He was goalkeeper on the football (soccer) team at the University. His tuberculosis put an end to playing the sport and many more activities Albert had wanted to do, like serve in the war and become a teacher.

Albert Camus completed his University schooling in 1935 and wrote his thesis on Plotinus. Plotinus was a major philosopher who is considered the father of Neoplatonism.

Albert was married at this time, to Simone Hie. She was the daughter of a successful doctor and was from upper-class Algeria. Simone was however a drug addict and the marriage ended two years later when Albert found out she was having sex with a doctor for drugs.

Albert Camus joined the Communist party in 1935 because he was concerned about the rumors of war in Spain. He didn’t like the communist party and became an anti-communist from then on.

Albert joined up with socialist and anarchist groups. He didn’t like government and wrote for anarchist publications. Albert Camus was among the anarchist who expressed the support for the uprising in 1953 in East Germany. He also stood with the anarchist against the uprising in Pozan, Poland in 1956 and in the Hungarian Revolution that same year.

Albert Camus took on the theater to express his philosophical views. He founded and ran the Theatre de l’Equipe. The theatre was in operation until 1939. Starting in 1937 through 1939 Albert was writing for a socialist paper, Algerian-Republicain.

In 1939 Albert volunteered for service in WWII, but was rejected because of his tuberculosis. He then married Francine Faure in 1940. She was a pianist and a mathematician. Albert loved Francine, but still argued against marriage and said it was unnatural. The couple had twins on September 5, 1945, Catherine and Jean.

During WWII Albert Camus traveled into Paris, France and back into Algeria again. He was active in the French Resistance and wrote for a paper called the Combat. He was editor of this paper for four years. He wrote articles about the war and how bad it was in Paris and anywhere the Germans were.

In 1949 Albert Camus suffered from another bout of tuberculosis, he recovered in 1951. He then published The Rebel, which was not received well by many people, including his close friend, Jean-Paul Sartre.

During the 1950s Albert Camus became an advocate for human rights. From 1955 to 1956 he wrote for the L’Express. In 1957 Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his writings against capital punishment. He had written about this in his essay Reflexios sur la Guillotine. He had written the book, The Fall, which had attracted attention and was well received by the public prior to the Noble Prize.

Albert Camus died Jenuary 4,1960 in a car crash near Sens, France. The diver and Camus’ friend and publisher died in the car crash also. His children Catherine and Jean hold the copyrights to his works.

SUMMARY: Aesop (550 BCE) ancient Greek philosopher, fable author
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Although Aesop has written many fables for everyone to enjoy, his life is not well documented. His place of birth is unknown, as well as most of his childhood. There are eight countries that claim his birthplace and a modern writer believes Africa is a possibility which makes 9 possible birthplaces. The eight countries are Thrace, Phrygia, Egypy, Ethiopia, Samos, Athens, Sardis and Amorium.

It is know that Aesop was a slave who was born about 620 B.C. It is believed that Aesop lived in Samos around 560 B.C. Aesop was a slave to a person called Xanthus. Xanthus lived on the island of Samos. Then Aesop was sold to another slave owner Jadmon. Jadmon gave Aesop his freedom as a reward for his learning and whit.

As a free man Aesop had the right to take an active interest in public affairs. Aesop had a great desire to teach and be taught. He raised himself from the position of a slave to a position of high distinction. He traveled through many countries and came to Sardis, the capitol of the king of Lydia. This was the place of learned men and a great place to learn.

Here in Sardis Aesop was able to meet at the court of Croesus with Solon, Thales and other sages. Sages were extremely wise men in ancient history. It is said that Aesop pleased his royal master during this time with the sages. During some conversations held with these sages, it is said of Aesop, “The Phrygian has spoken better than all.” This expression has since passed into a proverb.

Also during this time with the sages, Aesop was said to have traveled to Athens. Here he told the fable of The Frogs Who Desired a King. This fable was to persuade the people to not attempt disposing of their ruler Peisistratus, for another ruler. This is one story and with the little known facts of Aesops life there is another contrary story of the same incident. Aesop was said to have spoken up for the common people against tyranny through his fables. This made Peisistratus very mad, because he was against free speech.

Aesop was invited by Croesus to make Sardis his residence. He was then employed by Croesus, the monarch, in various and delicate affairs of State. Aesop visited the many different and small republics of Greece during his commission. He was sent to Corinth and Athens. He used his wise fables to make reconciliation with the people and their rulers. The story about Peisistratus is believed to be during this time.

With all his traveling and ambassador missions he was sent on, one resulted in his death. Aesop was sent by Croesus, his commander, to Delphi. Aesop was sent with a large amount of gold that he was to distribute among the citizens. Aesop became so upset at their craving for the gold that he refused to distribute the gold and sent it back to Croesus. The people of Delphi were outraged and accused him of unrighteousness and blasphemy before executing him as a criminal. Back then the ambassadors of the ruler, in this case Croesus, were considered sacred and holy.

Aesop’s death was not ignored. His death was avenged by repeated disasters and tragedy on the people of Delphi. Finally the people of Delphi made amends for Aesop’s death and “The blood of Aesop” became a well known saying. This would bear witness that the deeds of wrong doings would not go unpunished.

There was a statue erected of Aesop memory in Athens. One of the most famous of Greek sculptors, Lysippus, did the sculpture of Aesop. Aesop’s fables also gave him a never-ending existence with people throughout the world.

Some of Aesop’s more popular fables are The Fox and The Grapes, where “sour grapes” came from. Also The Tortoise and The Hare, The North Wind and The Sun, and The boy Who Cried Wolf are very popular with children’s tales.

SUMMARY: Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) sixteenth President of the United States
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States was born in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky. This is now part of LaRue County. He was born on February 12, 1809 the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin on the 348-acre Sinking Spring Farm.

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the Sinking Spring Farm until his family moved to Perry County, Indiana in 1816. This move was partly because of slavery and partly because of the land disputes in Kentucky.

In 1818, when Lincoln was 9 years old his mother died of milk sickness or tremetol poisoning. His father soon remarried Sarah Bush Johnston. Abraham Lincoln liked his stepmother and called her Mother for the rest of his live.

Abraham Lincoln’s education was a total of about 18 months of schooling. He was however, an avid reader and educated himself. He was skillful with an axe and was a local wrestler. Lincoln stood 6 foot 4 inches tall and was a strong man.

He struck out on his own at the age of 22 when his father moved to Coles County, Illinois. He worked by taking goods down the Sangamon, Mississippi and Illinois rivers.

Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd on November 4, 1842. She was from a slave-owning family from Kentucky. The Lincolns had four sons, but only one survived into adulthood. All the children were born in Springfield, Illinois. Their eldest, Robert Todd Lincoln was born on August 1, 1843. He grew up and attended Harvard College.

The next son, Edward Baker Lincoln was born in 19846 and lived almost 4 years. Then came William “Willie” Wallace Lincoln, he was born in 1850 and died when he was 12 years old. Willie died during President Lincoln first term. The couple’s last child, Thomas “Tad” Lincoln, was born in 1853 and died at the age of 18 in Chicago. Abraham was a loving husband and father. He cared for his family and often taught his sons through books.

Abraham Lincoln started his political career at the age of 23 for the Illinois General Assembly. He lost this election but was soon elected captain of an Illinois militia company during the Black Hawk War. After this he was elected into the state legislature. During this time Abraham Lincoln acquainted himself with the laws and taught himself law.

Abraham Lincoln was admitted to the bar in 1837. He became known as an intimidating opponent in his closing remarks and cross-examinations. Abraham Lincoln became one of the most respected lawyers in Illinois. Lincoln practice law in Illinois for 23 years and had more than 5,100 cases.

Lincoln served in the Illinois House of Representatives for four terms. He also became the leader of the Whig party. He made more than one stand against slavery. His first stand was in 1837. He was quoted saying the slavery was “founded on injustice and bad policy.

Abraham Lincoln was elected into the U.S. House of Representative in 1846 and spoke out against the Mexican-American War, even though he had little influence in the House.

Lincoln was brought into the Republican party in 1954, largely because his views against slavery. He was instrumental in forming the new political party. In the 1860 election Abraham Lincoln came in as an underdog. On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States.

President Abraham Lincoln was elected to the office of President again in 1964. He delivered his favorite speech at his inauguration March 4, 1865. President Lincoln worked hard as a President during his terms in office. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves and making the United States free of slavery. He was President throughout the American Civil War, He was a great commander and chief, and the War consumed much of his time.

President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14,1865. Lincoln was shot in the head at point-blank range and was pronounced dead at 7:22 am on April 15,1865. The ball was lodged 6 inches onto his brain. He was taken by train through many states into Illinois in a grand funeral procession. He was a loved President and has more books written about him than any other person in history.

SUMMARY: Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 – early March 1945) German Jewish teen diarist during World War II
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Anne was one of the many Jewish children that died in the holocaust. She was born Annelies Marie Frank on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany to Otto and Edith frank.

For the first five years of her life she lived with her mother, father, and her sister Margot in an apartment on the outskirts of Frankfurt Germany. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Otto frank left to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. This was where Otto had many business connections. The rest of the family later followed Otto; Anne was the last to arrive in February 1934. While the rest of the family was in Amsterdam she lived with her grandparents in Aachin.

In May 1940 Germany occupied Amsterdam. In July 1942 German and Dutch authorities began taking Jews throughout the Netherlands to a transit camp not far from the German border.

During the first week of July, Anne and her family went into hiding in an apartment. Later four other Dutch Jews began hiding in the apartment also. Their names were Herman, Augeste, Petter van Pels, and Fritz Pfeffer.

For two years they lived in this hidden attic apartment. The apartment was behind an old family business. Anne called the apartment the Secret Annex. Otto’s friends and colleagues, Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, Jan Gies, and Miep Gies, had previously sheltered them and would bring them food, and clothing. This was a great risk to his friends because if they were caught they would be killed for helping the Jews stay in hiding.

During the time of their hiding, Anne Frank was going through some of the most impressionable years of her life. She had started to see many changes in herself and how she saw the world, and what was happening around her. At the age of 13, Anne Frank received a diary. It was a birthday gift. This gift ended up becoming a real survival tool for Anne’s sanity and growth.

This diary has been translated in to many different languages and has been taught in English classes around the world. The diary and story has been produced into plays, and films. Overall the heart warming story has been a memory for others that reminds us all of what a tragedy the entire time frame brought about, but that despite it a little girl saw good in people.

On August 8, 1944 the German secret state police had found the Frank’s hiding place. This was due to the fact that anonyms Dutch caller tipped them. They were all sent to individualized camps and the children were all sent to a youth camp.

Both if the daughters, including Anne, died from typhus in March 1945. Anne’s mother died in Auschwitz on April 15, 1945. Otto Frank survived the camp he was placed in and was transferred to Auschwitz in January 1945.

After Otto Frank’s release, he found out that his family had died. He also found the diary that explained the young child’s feelings and experiences. The story was published in July of 1947 for the first time in the Netherlands.

The tracking of the events that Anne Frank had kept were amazingly accurate. There was the information based in the diary and some loose notes that were compiled. It has since been published and released all around the world.

The story and diary have been praised by literary experts from all over, and has received much literary merit. The quality of the work was considered art from such a very young child. The events that had occurred were heart wrenching, educational, and informative.

This is the basic biography of Anne Frank. However, there is much more to the diary and her life. I would suggest taking some time to read her story. You will find that the events will tug at your heart also.

SUMMARY: Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) American artist
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Andy Warhol lived from 1928 to 1987. He died when he was 59 years old.He was born in Pittsburgh.

His birth name was Andrew Warhola only latter in his life did he change his name to Andy Warhol. He loved to paint and right magazines. He showed an interest at a early age.

Important things to know about Andy Warhol.

* Andy Wahol’s father was a construction worker and died in a tragic accident when Andy was only 13 years old.
* Andy also showed an early talent of being able to paint and draw.
* After high school Andy went on to learn more in the institute of technology in Pittsburgh.
* Warhol graduated in 1949.
* When he moved to New York he decided to become an illustrator for magazines such as Vogue, and Harper’s bazaar.
* He became one of New York’s best commercial illustrators.
* In 1952 Andy had his first big exhibition in New York
* In 1956 he had his first group exhibition at the museum of modern art in new York.
* In the sixties he started painting items of daily mass distribution such as Coke bottles and Gamble soup cans.
* In 1062 he started making silkscreen prints of famous personalities such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor.

Later in Andy Warhol’s life he decided that he wanted to produce his own works of soda pop art. In 1962 he decided to found a factory. To him the factory was an art museum that he could use to hire a whole bunch of artist and he could start his own prints like posters and shoes.

Andy Warhol’s favorite technique was the machine called the silkscreen and he used it often. This was because these machines made his printings look the best. This was very important to him because the better it looked the more people wanted to buy them.

Andy Warhol made over 300 experimental underground films. Most of the underground films were pornographic. His first film was a a film called sleep it was a film that played a man sleeping for over six hours. This was a big improvement for Andy because he invented something.

Nearly Murdered

In July of the year 1968 Andy Warhol, the pop artist was brutally shot two to three times in the chest he had to be rushed to the emergency room, and barley survived. The woman that shot him was Valerie Solanis.

Valerie Solanis was a woman that worked in the factory for some time. When Valerie Solanis was arrested the following day after the shooting she had stated that he had too much power over her life.

Andy Warhol never fully recovered from the shooting and he hurt badly for some time. Also he was stuck having to wear a bandage around his waist for the rest of his life. He had problems with walking, and bending, also anything that he had to move his back to do.

Tragically on February 22, 1987 the famous Andy Warhol died from complications from a gall bladder infection operation. More than two thousand people attended his funeral. The funeral was held on St. Patrick’s cathedral. The pop artist also was a religious man.

Andy Warhol was a very intelligent man with a lot of great gifts.

SUMMARY: Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born American theoretical physicist.

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Albert Einstein was born on March 14,1879 in Ulm, Wuttenberg, Germany. His family was Jewish and his father, Herman Einstein was a salesman and an engineer. His mother, Pauline nee Koch Einstein, was a quiet, well-educated woman who enjoyed the arts. She made Albert begin violin lessons at 5 years old. Albert was the oldest child of Herman and Pauline

The Einstein family moved from Ulm in 1880 to Munich, Germany. Although the family was Jewish, they were not firm in their beliefs. Albert attended a Catholic elementary school. Albert did not talk until he was three years old, but still became a top student in school.

At the age of five, a pocket compass his father showed him fascinated Albert. Early in his youth he built models and mechanical devices for fun. He had a talent for mathematics. At the age of ten, in 1889, Albert was introduced to key texts on science, mathematics and philosophy. Albert began to understand deductive reasoning and by 12 years old, he had learned Euclidean geometry. After Einstein learned geometry he began to explore calculus.

In 1894, Albert was 15 and his father’s business had failed. The family moved to Milan, Italy and then to Pavia, Italy. This is when Albert wrote his first scientific work. “The Investigation of the State of Aether in Magnetic fields.

When the family moved, Albert was left in Munich to finish high school. He dropped out, however and went to join the family. He applied to the ETH Zurich (the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland) instead of completing high school. The ETH required him to take an entrance exam, which he failed. He did get high scores in mathematics and physics.

Albert’s parents sent him to Aarau, Switzerland to finish high school. He was lodging with Professor Jost Winteler and fell in love with his daughter, Sofia Marie-Jeanne Amanda Winteler, “Marie”. Albert’s sister, Maja married the Professor’s son Paul Winteler. Albert did not marry Marie.

At the age of 17, in 1896, Albert Einstein graduated from high school and revoked his German citizenship to avoid going into the military. Albert was finally able to enroll in the mathematics program at ETH Zurich. On February 21, 1901 Albert gained Swiss citizenship, which he never revoked.

In 1903 Albert married Mileva Maric. They met while at the ETH and she was the only woman in the mathematics program. The two had 3 children, Lieserl, born January 1902, Hans Albert, born May 14, 1904, and Eduard, born July 28, 1908.

Albert graduated from the ETH in 1900, with a degree in physics. After graduation it was hard for Albert to get a job teaching, so after searching for two years he got a job at the patent office in Bern, Switzerland. He was an assistant examiner and was responsible for evaluating applications for electromagnetic devices. Einstein continued to write papers and theories while working at the patent office.

In 1911 Albert became an associate professor at the University of Zurich. Shortly after that he accepted a full professorship at the Charles University in Prague. In 1912, Albert returned to Switzerland for a professorship at his alma mater, the ETH.

Albert’s wife, Mileva, and kids made a permanent home in Zurich in 1914, just before WWI. Albert went alone to Berlin, where he became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. This also allotted him a professorship at the University of Berlin.

Albert and his wife, Mileva had been living apart for two years and divorced February 14,1919. On June 2,1919, Albert married Elsa Lowenthal. She was his first cousin maternally and his second cousin paternally. Together they raised Elsa’s daughters, Margot and Ilse, from her first marriage.

In 1921 Albert Einstein was awarded the Noble Prize in Physics. This was given for his services to Theoretical Physics and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. This same year, on April 2nd Albert traveled to the United States for the first time.

Albert has had many discoveries and inventions, by himself and with others. He was given many awards. Albert’s wife Elsa died in 1936 and Albert died in 1955 at Princeton, New Jersey.

SUMMARY: A. A. Milne (January 18, 1882 – January 31, 1956) British author
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A. A. Milne is the famous author of Winnie the Pooh and other great children’s books. A. A. stands for Alan Alexander, he was born on January 18,1882. He was born in Hampstead, London, England to John V. Milne and Sarah Marie. Alan was their youngest son.

A. A. Milne went to school at the Henley House where his father taught. From there Alan decided to go to Westminster school and then on to Cambridge with a mathematics scholarship. This is where he became editor of the Granta, a student magazine. A. A. started out writing for the magazine with his brother Ken, but his brother left and Alan kept on.

When A. A. Milne had finished his education his father, John gave him a gift of 1000 pounds. Alan used this money to go straight to London and begin his career as a writer. His money ran out and he took a job as a freelance writer for a local newspaper.

Alan Alexander Milne was married to Dorothy De Selincourt in 1913. He joined the Army just two years later in 1915. The two had a son Christopher Robin Milne on August 21, 1920. In 1925 A. A. bought a country home in Hartfield, East Sussex. This is the same home, Cotchford Farm, that A. A. retired to after his stroke and brain surgery in 1952.

A. A. Milne’s stroke and surgery left him an invalid and he died January 31,1956. There was a memorial held for him on February 10th in London. Alan’s son Christopher resented his father and seldom went to see A. A. on his deathbed. The last time Christopher saw his mother Dorothy was at the memorial held for A.A. Milne. Dorothy lived for another 15 years and sold the film right to Walt Disney in 1961. Disney made Winnie the Pooh who we see today.

A. A. Milne joined the British Army in WWI and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiments. He went on to serve in the Royal Corps of Signals.. Alan was released from the Army in 1919. After WWI A. A. Milne wrote Peace with Honour in 1934 and then retracted this writing with his 1940s War with Honour. Then in WWII Alan Milne was captain in the Home Guard in Hartfield and Forest Row

One of A. A. Milne’s first books was Lovers in London, which was a failure and he bought back the copyrights for 5 pounds to prevent it from being re-printed when he was more famous. Alan wrote many plays and novels. He wrote articles, introductions for others books, and poems.

A. A. Milne is best known for his Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. He named the boy character Christopher Robin after his son. His son’s stuffed animals inspired the various animal characters in Winnie-the-Pooh. The name Winnie came from a military mascot used in WWI. It was Canadian black bear named Winnie after Winnipeg. The first Winnie the Pooh books were illustrated by E. H Shepard, who used his own son’s teddy bear as the model.

A. A. Milne’s other famous work is the Toad of Toad Hall. This play was adapted from Kenneth Grahame’s novel, The Wind in the Willows. A special introduction from Milne is written in some editions of Grahame’s novel.

A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh is loved and adored by so many children today and will continue to be loved by many children and parents alike for the rest of time. His play Toad of Toad Hall is still enjoyed at Christmas time by all.