On this day, January 18, 1882, "Winnie-the-Pooh" author A. A. Milne was born.

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Hat tip, various posters over the years at DU

A. A. Milne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Milne-Shadowland-1922.jpg
Milne in 1922

Born: Alan Alexander Milne; 18 January 1882; Kilburn, London, England
Died: 31 January 1956 (aged 74); Hartfield, Sussex, England
Children: Christopher Robin

Alan Alexander Milne (/mɪln/; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, as a lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the First World War and as a captain in the Home Guard in the Second World War.

Milne was the father of bookseller Christopher Robin Milne, upon whom the character Christopher Robin is based. It was during a visit to London Zoo, where Christopher became enamoured with the tame and amiable bear Winnipeg, that Milne was inspired to write the story of Winnie-the-Pooh for his son. Milne bequeathed the original manuscripts of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories to the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge, his alma mater.

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Winnie-the-Pooh


Pooh in an illustration by E. H. Shepard

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