Anthony Malcolm Buckeridge OBE (June 20, 1912 - June 28, 2004) was an English author, best known for his Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children's books. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Jump to: navigation, search (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Jump to: navigation, search The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... The Jennings series is a collection of humorous novels of childrens literature. ... Rex Milligan is a fictional character created by childrens author Anthony Buckeridge, famed for his Jennings series of books. ...

Buckeridge was born in London but following the death of his banker father in the First World War he moved with his mother to Ross-on-Wye to live with his grandparents. Following the end of the war they returned to London where the young Buckeridge developed a taste for theatre and writing. A scholarship from the Bank Clerks' Orphanage fund permitted his mother to send him to Seaford College boarding school in Sussex. His experiences as a schoolboy there were instrumental in his later work. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seaford College is a fee-paying English boarding school, the alma mater of Anthony Buckeridge. ... Jump to: navigation, search A boarding school is a self-contained educational establishment where students not only study but where some or all students may live. ... Sussex is a traditional county in southern England, divided for administrative purposes into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. ...

Following the death of Buckeridge's grandfather, the family moved to Welwyn Garden City where his mother worked in promoting the new suburban utopia to Londoners. In 1930 Buckeridge began work at his late father's bank but soon tired of it. Instead he took to acting including an uncredited part in Anthony Asquith's 1931 film Tell England. Location within the British Isles Welwyn Garden City is a town (not a city) in Hertfordshire, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Honourable Anthony Asquith (November 9, 1902-February 20, 1968) was a respected British film director. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Tell England, subtitled A Study In A Generation, is a novel published by Ernest Raymond in February 1922 in the UK about the First World War and the young men sent to fight in it. ...

After marrying his first wife, Sylvia Brown, he enrolled at University College London where he involved himself in Socialist and anti-war groups (he later became an active member of CND) but did not take a degree after failing Latin. With a young family to support, Buckeridge found himself teaching in Suffolk and Northamptonshire which provided further experiences to inform his later work. During the Second World War, Buckeridge was called up as a fireman and wrote several plays for the stage before returning to teaching in Ramsgate. Jump to: navigation, search -An intellectual powerhouse with a world-class reputation- University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... Jump to: navigation, search The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Vereschagins painting Apotheosis of War (1871) came to be admired as one of the earliest artistic expressions of pacifism. ... CND logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ... Jump to: navigation, search Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Suffolk (pronounced suffuk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Ramsgate is an English seaside town on the Isle of Thanet in East Kent was one of the great English seaside towns in the 19th century and is a member of the ancient confederation of Cinque ports. ...

He used to tell his pupils stories about the fictional Jennings (based however on an old schoolfellow Diarmid Jennings), a prep schoolboy boarding at Linbury Court Preparatory School, headmaster Mr Pemberton-Oakes. Preparatory school or prep school may refer to: University-preparatory school, in much of the world, it is a private secondary school designed to prepare a student for higher education Preparatory school (UK), in the United Kingdom a private school for pupils under thirteen, designed to prepare a student for...

After World War II, Buckeridge wrote a series of radio plays for the BBC's Children's Hour chronicling the exploits of Jennings and his rather more staid friend, Darbishire; the first, Jennings Learns the Ropes, was first broadcast on October 16, 1948. In 1950, the first of more than twenty novels, Jennings goes to School, appeared. The tales make liberal use of Buckeridge's inventive schoolboy slang ("fossilised fish hooks!", "crystalised cheesestraws!", and others). These books, as well known as Frank Richards' Billy Bunter books in their day, were translated into a number of other languages. The stories of middle class English schoolboys were especially popular in Norway where several were filmed. However the Norwegian books and films were rewritten completely for a Norwegian setting with Norwegian names so "Jennings" is an unknown name in Norway. Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... Jump to: navigation, search Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Childrens Hour -- at first: The Childrens Hour, from a verse by Longfellow (1) -- was the name of the BBCs principal recreational service for children (as distinct from Broadcasts to Schools) during the period when radio dominated broadcasting. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frank Richards was the nom de plume of two 20th century authors. ... Billy Bunter, the Fat Owl of the Remove, was a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton (using the nom de plume of Frank Richards) as for stories set at Greyfriars School in the boys weekly magazine The Magnet. ...

In 1962 he met his second wife, Eileen Selby, whom he felt was the true love of his life. They settled near Lewes where Buckeridge continued to write and also appeared in small (non-singing) roles at Glyndebourne. Jump to: navigation, search 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England. ... Glyndebourne is a country house near Lewes in East Sussex, England. ...

Buckeridge made no small contribution to postwar British humour, a fact acknowledged by such comedians as Stephen Fry. The deftly worded farce and delightful understatement of his narratives has been compared to the work of P. G. Wodehouse, Ben Hecht and Ben Travers. Jump to: navigation, search Stephen Fry on the cover of his autobiography (US Edition) Stephen John Fry (born 24 August, 1957) is an English comedian, author, actor, and director. ... Jump to: navigation, search Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was one of the most prolific of all Hollywood screenwriters, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry, and a human rights and Zionism activist. ... Ben Travers (12 November 1886 - 12 December 1980) CBE, was a British playwright most famous for his farces. ...

Buckeridge wrote an autobiography, While I Remember (ISBN 0952148218). He was awarded the OBE in 2003. Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Buckeridge died on June 28, 2004 after a spell of ill health. He is survived by his second wife Eileen and three children, two from his first marriage. Jump to: navigation, search (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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