Name: | Dick King-Smith |
Occupation: | Children’s Author |
Gender: | Male |
Birth Day: | March 27, 1922 |
Death Date: | Jan 4, 2011 (age 88) |
Age: | Aged 88 |
Birth Place: | Bitton, England |
Zodiac Sign: | Aries |
Dick King-Smith
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As per our current Database, Dick King-Smith died on Jan 4, 2011 (age 88).
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Before Fame
He served in Italy during World War II and worked as a farmer for two decades. He published his first children’s book, The Fox Busters, in 1978.
Biography
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Dick King-Smith grew up in the West Country, his father was Capt. Ronald King-Smith D.S.O., M.C., who ran several paper mills. Dick was educated at Beaudesert Park School and Marlborough College. He was a soldier in World War II, serving with the Grenadier Guards in Italy, and a farmer for 20 years before he became a teacher at Farmborough Primary School and author. King-Smith’s first book was The Fox Busters, published in 1978 while he was living and teaching in Farmborough. He was one of Britain’s most prolific authors and wrote over a hundred books. In later life he lived in Queen Charlton, a small farming village near Bristol, contributing to the maintenance and conservation of the local area as the vice-president of the Avon Wildlife Trust. He married his first wife, Myrle, in 1943. They had three children: Juliet, Giles and Liz. Myrle died in 2000, and King-Smith subsequently married Zona Bedding, a family friend.
King-Smith died at his home near Bath, Somerset, on 4 January 2011 at the age of 88. He was survived by three children, 14 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
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