Alison Uttley

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Alison Uttley (born December 17, 1884 in Cromford , † May 7, 1976 in Derbyshire ; full name Alice Jane Taylor ) was a British writer .

Life

Alison Uttley was born Alice Jane Taylor on December 17, 1884. She grew up in Cromford, Derbyshire. She first attended the Lea School in Holloway, and later the Lady Manners School in Bakewell. Alison Uttley developed a taste for science which led to a scholarship at the University of Manchester . She studied physics and finished her studies, up to then the second woman in England, with a university degree. Then she went to Cambridge , where he studied teaching of Physics. From 1908 she taught at the Fulham Secondary School for girls.

In 1911 she met James Arthur Uttley and married him. Four years later, son John Corin Taylor was born (1915–1978). As a result of his participation in the First World War, the health of James Arthur Uttley deteriorated visibly. He died in 1930. As a single mother, Alison Uttley had to find a way to keep herself and her son afloat financially. So she started writing children's books.

Services

Her first children's book was published in 1929 under the original title: The Squirrel, The Hare and the Little Gray Rabbit - this was the beginning of the very successful Gray Rabbit series. Alison Uttley wrote a total of more than 100 books, including the well-known story A Traveler in Time . In the time travel novel, a city child takes part in the country life of their relatives, but also moves effortlessly into the time of their ancestors, who lived in the same farmhouse in the 16th century. At that time, Mary Queen of Scots was a prisoner at the nearby Wingfield Manor . Although the girl knows the real fate of Maria Stuart, she worries about the residents of the house who want to help Maria Stuart escape.

Her best-known works, however, include the stories about Mademoiselle Eichkatz, Meister Lampe and Graupfötchen (English original title: "The Squirrel, the Hare an the little gray rabbit")

Awards

Alison Uttley received the Honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 1970 . The University of Manchester bestowed this on her because of her literary achievements.

Works

Alison Uttley has published the following children's books, among others:

  • The Squirrel, The Hare and the Little Gray Rabbit - 1929
  • How Little Gray Rabbit Got Back Her Tail - 1930
  • The Great Adventure of Hare - 1931
  • The Story of Fuzzypeg the Hedgehog - 1932
  • Squirrel Goes Skating - 1934
  • Wise Owl's Story - 1935
  • Little Gray Rabbit's Party - 1936
  • The Knot Squirrel Tied - 1937
  • Fuzzypeg Goes to School - 1938
  • Little Gray Rabbit's Christmas - 1939
  • My Little Gray Rabbit Painting Book - 1940
  • Moldy Warp the Mole - 1940
  • Hare Joins the Home Guard - 1942
  • Little Gray Rabbit's Washing Day - 1942
  • Water Rat's Picnic - 1943
  • Little Gray Rabbit's Birthday - 1944
  • The Speckledy Hen - 1945
  • Little Gray Rabbit to the Rescue - 1945
  • Country Things - 1946
  • Little Gray Rabbit and the Weasels - 1947
  • Gray Rabbit and the Wandering Hedgehog - 1948
  • Little Gray Rabbit Makes Lace - 1950
  • Toad's Castle - 1951
  • Hare and the Easter Eggs - 1952
  • Little Gray Rabbit's Valentine - 1953
  • Little Gray Rabbit Goes to the Sea - 1954
  • Hare and Guy Fawkes - 1956
  • Little Gray Rabbit's Paint Box - 1958
  • Gray Rabbit Finds a Shoe - 1960
  • Gray Rabbit and the Circus - 1961
  • Three Little Gray Rabbit Plays - 1961
  • Gray Rabbit's May Day - 1963
  • Cuckoo in June - 1964
  • Hare Goes Shopping - 1965
  • Little Gray Rabbit's Pancake Day - 1967
  • Little Gray Rabbit Goes to the North Pole - 1970
  • Fuzzypeg's Brother - 1971
  • Little Gray Rabbit's Spring Cleaning Party - 1972
  • Little Gray Rabbit and the Snow-Baby - 1973
  • Hare and the Rainbow - 1975

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personal data
SURNAME Uttley, Alison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Alice Jane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Cromford
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1976
Place of death Derbyshire