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A. A. Milne

1882 - 1956

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Alan Alexander Milne ( ; 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 children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed his previous work. He served 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. A. Milne is the 670th most popular writer (down from 564th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 400th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Writer.

A. A. Milne is most famous for his children's book, Winnie the Pooh.

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Among writers, A. A. Milne ranks 670 out of 7,302. Before him are Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Carlos Fuentes, Curzio Malaparte, Luis de Góngora, Carlo Gozzi, and Madame Roland. After him are Magtymguly Pyragy, Premchand, Leo Africanus, Max Frisch, Bernard Gui, and Longus.

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Among people born in 1882, A. A. Milne ranks 44. Before him are Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Charles Ponzi, Robert H. Goddard, Karol Szymanowski, Jacques Maritain, and Hugh Dowding. After him are Moritz Schlick, Nicolai Hartmann, Lluís Companys, Otto Neurath, Yanka Kupala, and Boris Shaposhnikov. Among people deceased in 1956, A. A. Milne ranks 14. Before him is Robert Walser. After him are Risto Ryti, Alfred Kinsey, Konstantin Päts, Alexander Rodchenko, Bela Lugosi, Reinhold Glière, H. L. Mencken, Josef Hoffmann, Kenji Mizoguchi, Bolesław Bierut, and Anastasio Somoza García.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, A. A. Milne ranks 628 out of 8,785. Before him are Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), Colin Renfrew (1937), Isaac Barrow (1631), Donald Winnicott (1896), Daniel Craig (1968), and James Parkinson (1755). After him are Bernie Ecclestone (1930), G. H. Hardy (1877), Brook Taylor (1685), William Godwin (1756), Gerald Gardner (1884), and Trevor Howard (1913).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, A. A. Milne ranks 64. Before him are Robert Burns (1759), Harold Pinter (1930), Samuel Johnson (1709), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), A. J. Cronin (1896), and Alexander Pope (1688). After him are Gerald Gardner (1884), Daphne du Maurier (1907), Walter Raleigh (1554), Muriel Spark (1918), Matthew Lewis (1775), and Patrick White (1912).

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