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Kenneth Grahame , 1859-1931, English author. He was a secretary in the Bank of England from 1908 until 1918. His works, noted for their humor and charm, include The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898), scenes of his childhood in England, and the children's classic The Wind in the Willows (1908). Grahame also compiled the Cambridge Book of Poetry for Young People (1916).

Bibliography: See his biography, with letters and unpublished work by P. R. Chalmers (1933, repr. 1971); Inventing Wonderland (1995) by J. Wullschläger.

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Grahame, Kenneth (1859–1932) Scottish writer of children's books. He created Mole, Rat, Badger and Mr Toad in the classic Wind in the Willows (1908), which formed the basis for the A. A. Milne play Toad of Toad Hall (1929).

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