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Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, to parents Ernest Redvers Briggs (1900–1971), a milkman, and Ethel Bowyer (1895–1971), a former lady's maid-turned-housewife, who married in 1930. His other known relatives are: an adoptive paternal grandmother (his father's step-mother), his maternal grandparents, and two maternal uncles who died during childhood.

He attended Rutlish School, at that time a grammar school, pursued cartooning from an early age and, despite his father's attempts to discourage him from this unprofitable pursuit, attended the Wimbledon School of Art from 1949 to 1953 to study painting, and Central School of Art to study typography.

From 1953 to 1955, he was a National Service conscript in the Royal Corps of Signals at Catterick, where he was made a draughtsman. After this, he returned to study painting at Slade School of Fine Art at University College, London, graduating in 1957.

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English cartoonist, illustrator (1934-2022)

Born 18 January 1934

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  • Cover of: The Snowman
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    Cover of edition snowman00brig_0 Cover of edition snowmanbri00brig Cover of edition snowmanbrig00brig Cover of edition snowman0000brig Cover of edition snowmanthingstot00brig Cover of edition snowmanfunshaped00brig Cover of edition snowman0000brig_r1c5 Cover of edition snowmanbri00brig First published in 1978 — 32 editions
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  • Cover of: Jim and the beanstalk
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    Cover of edition jimbeanstalk00brig Cover of edition jimbeanstalk0000brig First published in 1970 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Snowman: Fuzzy chunky book
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    First published in 1986 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Father Christmas
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    Cover of edition fatherchristmas0000brig First published in 1920 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: When the wind blows
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    First published in 1982 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The fairy tale treasury
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    First published in 1972 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Father Christmas goes on holiday
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    First published in 1975 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The bear
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    Cover of edition bear0000brig_b0b2 First published in 1994 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Ethel & Ernest
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    Cover of edition ethelernest0000brig First published in 1998 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The man

    First published in 1992 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Snowman storybook
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    Cover of edition snowmanstorybook00brig First published in 1990 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Fee fi fo fum: a picture book of nursery rhymes

    First published in 1964 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Fungus the bogeyman

    First published in 1977 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Gentleman Jim
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    First published in 1980 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Midnight adventure.

    First published in 1961 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Mother Goose treasury
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    Cover of edition mothergoosetreas0000raym First published in 1966 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Ring-a-ring o' roses.
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    First published in 1962 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The strange house

    First published in 1961 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Snowman and the Snowdog

    First published in 2012 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Snowman: the Book of the Classic Film

    First published in 2013 — 4 editions
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English cartoonist, illustrator (1934-2022)

Born 18 January 1934

Subjects

Children's fiction, Fiction, Stories without words, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Snowmen, Christmas, fiction, Cartoons and comics, Juvenile literature, Picture books, Snow, fiction, Santa claus, fiction, Children's stories, Toy and movable books, Biography, Christmas, Comic books, strips, Comics & graphic novels, general, Dogs, fiction, Dreams, English Nursery rhymes, Monsters, fiction, North pole, fiction, Santa Claus, Bears, fiction

Places

Antarctic regions, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, Italy, United States

People

Jimmy Murphy (1894-1924), Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974), Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-), Ernest Briggs (1900-1971), Ernest Shackleton Sir (1874-1922), Ethel Briggs (1895-1971), Jimmy Murphy (1894-1942), Manfred Albrecht Richthofen Freiherr von (1892-1918), Manfred Richthofen Freiherr von (1892-1918), Tazio Nuvolari (1892-1953)

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June 8, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
April 7, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
September 29, 2021 Edited by Anthony Woodward added birthdate, short bio and author image
September 29, 2021 Edited by Anthony Woodward Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import