What is J.M. Barrie's full name?
James Matthew Barrie
J.M. Barrie nickname(s):
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM
J.M. Barrie date of birth:
May 9, 1860
How old was J.M. Barrie when died?
77
Where was J.M. Barrie born?
Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland, UK
When did J.M. Barrie die?
June 19, 1937
What is J.M. Barrie nationality?
Scottish
What is J.M. Barrie's occupation?
Novelist, playwright
J.M. Barrie claim to fame:
Peter Pan
What genre is J.M. Barrie's work?
Children's literature, drama, fantasy
Short Biography
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, the child of a family of small-town weavers, and best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (included in The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.