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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 Father Christmas "it's a blooming terrible joke"book

    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Christmas Collection: Father Christmas / Father Christmas Goes on Holiday / The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

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  • Cover of: Ethel and Ernest: A True Story

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  • Cover of: The Snowman (Picture Puffin)

    First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman

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  • Cover of: John Coates: The Man Who Built the Snowman

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  • Cover of: Dressing Up (Raymond Briggs' the Snowman)

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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