Denys watkins-pitchford biography

British naturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author (1905–1990)

Denys James Watkins-PitchfordMBE (25 July 1905 – 8 September 1990) was a Britishnaturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author under the pseudonym"BB".

He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.^[1]

Early life

Denys Watkins-Pitchford was born in Lamport, Northamptonshire, the second son of the Revd. Walter Watkins-Pitchford and his wife, Edith.

Denys watkins-pitchford biography

His elder brother, Engel, died at the age of thirteen. Denys was himself considered to be delicate as a child, and because of this was educated at home, while his younger twin, Roger, was sent away to school. He spent a great deal of time on his own, wandering through the fields, and developed a love of the outdoors, which was to influence his writing.

He enjoyed shooting, fishing and drawing; all these things were to influence his writing greatly. At the age of fifteen, he left ho