Arthur Ransome
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 11 February 1834
- Died
- 25 July 1922
- Works
- 55
Top works
- The Thurston speech upon the progress of medicine
- Losses and gains in the death-toll of England and Wales during the last thirty years
- Campaign Against Consumption
- The Thruston speech upon the progress of medicine, delivered in the chapel of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, at the Wendy Commemoration, on May 11, 1869
- On foul air and lung disease
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Film & TV
Writing
Known for
- Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien — Self (archive footage)2022
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Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. These tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; other common subjects include fishing and camping. The books remain so popular that they provide a basis of a tourist industry around Windermere <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Arthur+Rans
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5 total works indexed
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- The cBio Cancer Genomics Portal: An Open Platform for Exploring Multidimensional Cancer Genomics Data
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- Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range
· 1968 · cited 13,328x
- The Molecular Signatures Database Hallmark Gene Set Collection
· 2015 · cited 12,490x
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Key facts
- Born
- Arthur Michell Ransome , ( 1884-01-18 ) 18 January 1884, Leeds , England
- Died
- 3 June 1967 (1967-06-03) (aged 83), Cheadle Royal Hospital , Cheshire , England
- Resting place
- St Paul's Church, Rusland, Cumbria , England
- Occupation
- Author journalist
- Genre
- Children's literature
- Notable works
- Swallows and Amazons series of books
- Notable awards
- Carnegie Medal , 1936
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Key dates
- Born
- 18 January 1884
- Died
- 3 June 1967
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Leeds
- Occupation
- literary critic
- Educated at
- Rugby School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Carnegie Medal
Article
Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author, intelligence agent, and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. The entire series remains in print, and Swallows and Amazons is the basis for a tourist industry around Windermere and Coniston Water, the two lakes Ransome adapted as his fictional North Country lake.
He also wrote about the literary life of London, and about Russia before, during, and after the revolutions of 1917. His connection with the leaders of the Revolution led to him providing information to the Secret Intelligence Service, while he was also suspected by MI5 of being a Soviet spy.
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