Writer. Born Newbury. His first book 'A Bear Called Paddington' was published in 1958. There have been 23 Paddington books. Also wrote for adults.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Michael Bond
Commemorated ati
Paddington Bear - plaque and book seat
The seat below the plaque is in the form of a book with the Bear himself pain...
Paddington Bear statue - Paddington Station, gone
{The statue has two integral texts: On a label stuck to the suitcase:} Wanted...
Paddington Bear - statue, platform 1
Since arriving at Paddington Station from Peru this bear's journeys have not ...
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Noel Falconer Filmer
Noel Falconer Filmer is 2nd from the right of the nine boys standing in the photograph of the scout troop. He was born on 13 December 1897, the seventh of the eleven children of John Apps Budds Fi...
Priscilla Wakefield
Born Priscilla Bell in Tottenham. Quaker philanthropist and author of feminist economics, scientific subjects, travel, children's non-fiction. Best known book was 'The Juvenile Travellers' which ha...
Person, Children, Gender Issues, Race Issues, Social Welfare
Lady Eleanor Keane
Pioneer in youth work. Born Eleanor Lucy Hicks-Beach, eldest daughter of 1st Earl St Aldwyn. On Valentine's day 1907, just 2 months before laying the foundation stone, she married the Irishman Sir ...
Captain Thomas Coram
Born Lyme Regis, Dorset, where there is now a commemorative tower. Pioneer in the cause of child welfare. He became a Captain in the Merchant Navy trading between England and America. For several ...

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