Graham Shepard is the son of E.H. Shepard illustrator of Winnie the Pooh and The Wind in the Willows. He was educated at Marlborough College and Oxford. At Marlborough he was a contemporary of John Betjeman and Anthony Blunt, and a close friend of Louis MacNeice. MacNeice's "He had a date" (1943) is loosely based on the life and death of Shepard. Ratty and Mole messing about in boats in E.H. Shepards illustration to The Wind in the Willows Ernest Howard Shepard (December 10, 1879 – March 24, 1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. ... Edward Winnie-the-Pooh Bear, sometimes referred to as Pooh, is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. ... Ratty and Mole, as interpreted by E. H. Shepard The Wind in the Willows is a classic of childrens literature written in 1908 by Kenneth Grahame. ... Marlborough College is a British boarding school in the county of Wiltshire, founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, although it now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906–19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle-class family in Edwardian London. ... Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983) was an English art historian and the Fourth Man of the Cambridge Five, a group of spies working for the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ... Frederick Louis MacNeice (September 12, 1907 – September 3, 1963) was a British and Irish poet and playwright. ...

At Oxford he was a contemporary and friend of MacNeice, John Betjeman and Osbert Lancaster. Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906–19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle-class family in Edwardian London. ... Example of a Lancaster Pocket Cartoon Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908 - 1986) was an author, diplomat and art critic. ...

Shepard served in the RNVR during WWII. He was lost with all but one crew member when his ship HMS Polyanthus was sunk by U-Boat 942 on 21st September 1943. He was survived by his wife, Ann Faith Shepard, and his young daughter, Minette.

Shepard's sister, Mary Shepard, also became an illustrator and is most well known for her illustrations of PL Travers' Mary Poppins Mary Shepard Daughter of E.H. Shepard illustrator of Winnie the Pooh and Wind in the Willows. ... This article is about the Mary Poppins series of childrens books. ...

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