Arthur Ransome

English author and journalist (1884–1967).

Born January 18th, 1884 in Leeds. [ref]

Died June 3rd, 1967 at 83 years old in Cheadle Royal Hospital. [ref]

Occupations
children's writer, collector of fairy tales, illustrator, journalist, translator, writer
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black