Arthur Ransome

Robert Clark (The Literary Encyclopedia)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

Born 18 Jan 1884
Died 3 Jun 1967
Activity 1904-1967

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Journalist
Novelist
Story-writer

Resources

Ransome's Works

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Arthur Ransome is known today as the author of the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, which have been translated into many languages. He was also a very popular writer about fishing with rod and line, a political journalist, and for a time a spy: from the age of 29 to 36 he led a life suitable for an adventure novel.

Ransome was born in Leeds on 18 January 1884, the eldest son (of two sons and two daughters) of a professor of history at Yorkshire College (now the University of Leeds) and his wife Edith. He was educated at Old College, Windermere, in the Lake District, where he began his love of fishing and sailing, and then, following his father's death in 1897, he was educated at Rugby School where he was miserable. Poor at sports, poor in his studies, he manifested a

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Citation: Clark, Robert. "Arthur Ransome". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 June 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3710, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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