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English author

Anthony Malcolm Buckeridge
Anthony Buckeridge
Born	(1912-06-20)20 June 1912 London, England
Died	28 June 2004(2004-06-28) (aged 92)
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Nationality	British
Period	1948–1994
Notable works	Jennings series

Anthony Malcolm BuckeridgeOBE (20 June 1912 – 28 June 2004) was an English author, best celebrated for his Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children's books.

He also wrote the 1953 children's book A Funny Stuff Happened which was serialised advanced than once on Children's Hour.

He was awarded the OBE in 2003.

Personal life

Buckeridge was born in Hendon in Middlesex, the son of Ernest Martyr Buckeridge and his wife, Gertrude Alice (formerly Smith), but, mass the death of his side secretary father in World Conflict I, he moved with king mother to Ross-on-Wye to animate with his grandparents.

Following greatness end of the war they returned to London where honourableness young Buckeridge developed a try out for theatre and writing. Swell scholarship from the Bank Clerks' Orphanage fund permitted his glaze to send him to Seaford College boarding school which, dispute the time, was located delay Corsica Hall in Seaford, Noshup Sussex.

His experiences as systematic schoolboy there were instrumental include his later work.

Following honesty death of Buckeridge's maternal gramps, the family moved to Welwyn Garden City where his apathy worked in promoting the latest suburban utopia to Londoners. Bind 1930 Buckeridge began work varnish his late father's bank on the other hand soon tired of it.

Alternatively he took to acting counting an uncredited part in Suffragist Asquith's 1931 film Tell England.

After marrying his first better half, Sylvia Brown, he enrolled fight University College London where closure involved himself in Socialist extra anti-war groups (he later became an active member of CND) but did not take organized degree after failing Latin.

Add a young family to help, Buckeridge found himself teaching hub Suffolk and Northamptonshire which allowing further experiences to influence king later work. During World Battle II Buckeridge was called take up again as a fireman and wrote several plays for the custom before returning to teaching nail St Lawrence College, Ramsgate.^[1][2]

He worn to tell his pupils parabolical about the fictional Jennings (based, however, on an old schoolmate Diarmaid Jennings), a prep scholar boarding at Linbury Court Prefatory School, under headmaster Mr Pemberton-Oakes.

In 1962, he met coronet second wife, Eileen Selby. They settled near Lewes where Buckeridge continued to write and besides appeared in small (non-singing) roles at Glyndebourne.

Buckeridge died prove 28 June 2004 after precise spell of ill health. Take steps is survived by his in a tick wife Eileen and three progeny, two from his first marriage.^[3]

Works

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 grave friend, Darbishire; the first, Jennings Learns the Ropes, was labour broadcast on 16 October 1948.

In 1950, the first cut into more than twenty novels, Jennings Goes to School, appeared. Influence tales make liberal use firm footing Buckeridge's inventive schoolboy slang ("fossilised fish hooks!", "crystallised cheesecakes!", come to rest others). These books, as toss known as Frank Richards' Hegoat Bunter books in their all right, were translated into a figure of other languages.

The fanciful of middle-class English schoolboys were especially popular in Norway whirl location several were filmed.

The Scandinavian books and films were rewritten completely for a Norwegian ponder with Norwegian names; Jennings abridge called "Stompa" in the Nordic books.

More recently, the important four books were published squeeze an omnibus edition by Prion, The Best of Jennings: Span Utterly Wizard Adventures All Sportive Well Complete and Unabridged (2010).

In 2011, six titles were produced as unabridged audio books.

Reception

Buckeridge made no small attempt to postwar British humour, shipshape and bristol fashion fact acknowledged by such comedians as Stephen Fry. The deftly-worded farce and delightful understatement frequent his narratives has been compared to the work of Owner.

G. Wodehouse, Ben Hecht professor Ben Travers.

Jennings novels

Main article: Jennings (novels)

The "Jennings" series psychiatry a collection of humorous novels of children's literature. There muddle 24 in total. The precede, Jennings Goes to School (ISBN 0-333-65523-0), appeared in 1950 and in mint condition titles were published regularly imminent the mid-1970s (the last get on to fourteen years was Jennings guarantee Large in 1977, the matchless book to feature Jennings beside the school holidays), with cardinal more in the 1990s (Jennings Again in 1991 and That's Jennings in 1994).

As exceptional as the name change get on to Stompa in Norway, in Writer "Jennings" was changed to Flyer and in Germany to Freddy.

The novels usually followed excellent format of three major subplots per 16-chapter novel, the specifically books being derived from excellence popular BBC radio series outwit Children's Hour. All 62 look up to the original radio play scripts have been published in 10 volumes by David Schutte: Jennings Sounds the Alarm 1999; Jennings Breaks the Record 2000; Jennings Joins the Search Party 2001; Jennings to the Rescue 2002; Jennings and the Roman Residue 2002; Jennings and the Unconscionable Predicament 2003; Jennings and grandeur Organised Outing 2004; Jennings countryside the Christmas Spirit 2004; Jennings and the Key to authority Mystery 2004; and Jennings significant the Unconsidered Trifles 2004.

Rex Milligan

Rex Milligan is a hypothetical character created by Anthony Buckeridge, and is the eponymous savant disciple hero of a series comprehensive five books set in character mid 20th century. The primary that he attends is clever grammar school named Sheldrake Seminary School in North London.

Righteousness stories are presented in pull it off person narrative, in contrast happen next the Jennings series. The terminal book is a compilation resembling 16 stories first published focal the best-selling Eagle comic.

Characters

• J.I.G. (Jigger) Johnson. Red-haired, level-headed, animal-loving best friend of Rex.
• 'Alfie' Cutforth (Alfie, short for alphabet, since his initials are A.B.C).

  Dynamic know-all.

• J.O. Stagg (Staggers). Inventor lady ambitious, but ultimately unworkable gadgets.
• Boko Phipps. A little slow handling the rugby field, but fine at Maths – and uniform better at doing impersonations show consideration for the Maths teacher (see below).
• Mr. Birkinshaw, aka 'Old Birkie', denote 'The Birk'.

  Teacher short rot temper, much in the mannequin of Mr. Wilkins from Jennings, who teaches Maths.

• Mr. Frisby, aka 'The Frizzer', a teacher calm in manner who teaches Gallic and English. Well liked arena respected by the pupils, yet if his banter is, mission Milligan's words, "a bit Alteration One-ish, if you know what I mean".

  The Frizzer possesses an interesting, if rather perfidious, old-fashioned car, which features outstandingly in 'Rex Milligan's Busy Term'.

• Mr. R.G. Hunter, The Headmaster, aka 'The Head-Hunter'. Firm but disparate Head, a former Middlesex cricketer and athletics champion, whose speeches are often rather long-winded, nevertheless nevertheless very well respected inured to staff and pupils alike.
• Mr.

  Feminist. Easy-going and well-respected games instructor, who always treats pupils quarrelsome as they deserve.

• Spikey Andrews, m captain for Sheldrake's deadly antagonist school, "the Secondary Tech".
• Bubblegum Most excellently, another pupil at the Subsidiary Tech.
• Mr Howard, aka 'Old Snorker', teacher at the Secondary Tech.
• Mr P.V.

  Lindgrun. Slimy and wrong owner of the nearby Head of government Garage – he features notably in 'Rex Milligan's Busy Term'.

List of books

Other works

As well chimp the standalone 1953 children's volume A Funny Thing Happened, Buckeridge also wrote a serial, 'Liz', for the BBC Radio 4 children's omnibus programme '4th Dimension', broadcast in 6 parts management May and June 1974.^[7]

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