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J. M. Barrie

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J. M. Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Although he continued to write successfully, Peter Pan overshadowed his other work, and is credited with popularising the name Wendy. Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of their parents. Barrie was made a baronet by George V on 14 June 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in the 1922 New Year Honours. Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, which continues to benefit from them.

Infobox

Born
James Matthew Barrie(1860-05-09)9 May 1860Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland
Died
19 June 1937(1937-06-19) (aged 77)London, England
Resting place
Kirriemuir Cemetery, Angus
Occupation
mw- li , li Novelistplaywright
Education
mw- Glasgow AcademyForfar AcademyDumfries Academy
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
Period
VictorianEdwardian
Genre
Children's literaturedramafantasy
Notable works
The Little White BirdPeter PanThe Admirable Crichton
Spouse
mw- Mary Ansell (m. 1894; div. 1909)
Children
Guardian of the Llewelyn Davies boys

Tables

Coat of arms of J. M. Barrie · Honours › Personal
Crest An open book amid reeds all Proper. Escutcheon Barry of six Argent and Gules in chief a lion passant guardant counterchanged and issuant from the base reeds Proper. Motto Amour De La Bonte (Love of Goodness)
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Preceded byThe Earl Haig
Preceded byThe Earl Haig
Academic offices
Preceded byThe Earl Haig
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Rector of the University of St Andrews 1919–1922
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Succeeded byRudyard Kipling
Preceded byThe Earl of Balfour
Preceded byThe Earl of Balfour
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Preceded byThe Earl of Balfour
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Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh 1930–1937
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Succeeded byThe Lord Tweedsmuir
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation
New creation
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New creation
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Baronet(of Adelphi Terrace) 1913–1937
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Extinct
Academic offices
Preceded byThe Earl Haig
Rector of the University of St Andrews 1919–1922
Succeeded byRudyard Kipling
Preceded byThe Earl of Balfour
Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh 1930–1937
Succeeded byThe Lord Tweedsmuir
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation
Baronet(of Adelphi Terrace) 1913–1937
Extinct

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  87. "The New Word"
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  88. "Rosy Rapture"
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  89. "Real Thing at Last"
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  90. "Shakespeare's Legacy"
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  91. "A Strange play"
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  92. "Charwomen and the War or The Old Lady Shows Her Medals"
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  93. "Dear Brutus"
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