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Hargreaves, Roger, 1935-1988

LC control no.n 81081469
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPZ7.H2226 Juvenile fiction, English
Personal name headingHargreaves, Roger, 1935-1988
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Variant(s)Hargreaves, Roger, 1934-1988
Hargreaves, Charles Roger, 1935-1988
Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date1935-05-09
Death date1988-09-11
Place of birthCleckheaton (England)
Place of deathTunbridge Wells (England)
Field of activityChildren's stories Children's stories--Illustrations Caricatures and cartoons Advertising copy
Profession or occupationIllustrators Authors Copy writers
Found inMr. Nosey follows his nose, 1981: CIP galley t.p. (Roger Hargreaves)
BL database, 1 Nov. 2002 (hdg.: Hargreaves, Roger, 1934-1988)
Oxford DNB online, 27 May 2014 (Hargreaves, (Charles) Roger; copywriter and children's author; born 9 May 1935 at Cleckheaton, Yorkshire; died, aged fifty-three, 11 September 1988 in Tunbridge Wells; in early 1971, while working on an advertising campaign for a corporate client, Hargreaves doodled a character with exceptionally long arms which thought it could be adapted for a children's book; this led in August 1971 to the launch of the first six books in the 'Mr' series)
Wikipedia, 27 May 2014: under Roger Hargreaves (Charles Roger Hargreaves, born 9 May 1935, died 11 September 1988, was an English author and illustrator of children's books, best remembered for the Mr. Men and Little Miss series, intended for very young readers)
Associated languageeng