About
Scottish writer who wrote the popular 1908 piece of children's literature The Wind in the Willows and the 1898 story The Reluctant Dragon which was later made into Disney films.
Before Fame
He worked at the Bank of England in 1879 and retired as their Secretary in 1908.
Trivia
He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for The Wind in the Willows in 1958.
Family Life
He grew up with his grandmother and three siblings in Berkshire.
Associated With
His portrait was drawn by artist John Singer Sargent.
