A. A. Milne

A. A. Milne
Milne in 1922
Born	Alan Alexander Milne (1882-01-18)18 January 1882 Kilburn, London, England
Died	31 January 1956(1956-01-31) (aged 74) Hartfield, Sussex, England
Occupation	Novelist playwright poet
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Period	Interwar Britain
Genre	Children's literature
Years active	1906–1956
Notable works	Winnie-the-Pooh
Spouse	Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt ​ ​ (m. 1913)​
Children	Christopher Robin
Relatives	Aubrey de Sélincourt (brother-in-law)
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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.^[1]

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.^[2] Milne bequeathed the original manuscripts of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories to the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge, his alma mater.^[3]