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Arthur Michell Ransome

An English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children (Wikipedia).

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English author and journalist (1884–1967)

Born 18 January 1884
Died 3 June 1967

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Photo of Arthur Michell Ransome

English author and journalist (1884–1967)

Born 18 January 1884
Died 3 June 1967

Subjects

Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fairy tales, History, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome), Sailing, Swallows (Fictitious characters), Boats and boating, Boats and boating, fiction, Folklore, russia (federation), Adventure and adventurers, England, fiction, Folklore, Adventure stories, Children's stories, Description and travel, Politics and government, Tales, History and criticism, Sailing, fiction, Communism, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, general

Places

Soviet Union, Great Britain, Russia, England, China, Baltic Sea, Lake district., London, London (England), Northern Europe, Accra, Atlantic Ocean, Barbary, Bohemia, Bremen, Carcassonne, English Channel, Estonia, Fells, Gauja River, Gauja River (Latvia and Estonia), Grande-Bretagne, Gulf of Guinea, Holland, Ipswitch

People

Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Goldilocks, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), the Moors

Time

Revolution, 1917-1921, 1912-1949, 1917-1936, 1935, 20th century, 1912-1928, 1917-, 1917-1945, 1930s, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1945, 19th century, Set in England between the wars, in the days of King Alfred

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February 25, 2026 Edited by Zora Elbe merge authors
February 25, 2026 Edited by Zora Elbe merge authors
February 25, 2026 Edited by Zora Elbe merge authors
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