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Portrait of Alistair MacLean Photo: Popperfoto via Getty Images (1960)

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MacLean, Alistair

The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair MacGill-Eain (his Gaelic name was anglicised by the British authorities). His father was a Church of Scotland minister. While the author was still a baby, the family moved to a farm near Daviot in the Highlands. After the death of his father, his mother returned to Glasgow with...

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Portrait image of A.A. Milne Photo: Howard Coster/Bob Thomas/Popperfoto/Getty Images (1926)

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Milne, A.A.

English writer, poet and journalist who became world famous for having created one of the most beloved figures in children’s books: Winnie-the-Pooh (Nalle Puh in Swedish). A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne was born in London, where he grew up and started his schooling at Westminster School 1893–1900. He continued at Trinity College in Cambridge where he was the editor of the student magazine Granta in 1...

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