Author for children Margret Rey

Margret Rey

Living place: Hamburg

Birthday: 16-5-1906

Global rank: #35441

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Author for children Margret Rey profile

Who is Author for children Margret Rey?
German-born children's author, she co-wrote and illustrated classic George Curious books. Also a philanthropist, she has made major contributions to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Boston Public Library and created the Curious George Foundation to help abused children and animals.
Her troubled monkey, Curious George, inspired TV shows, movies, and video games.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Her most famous character, Curious George, is a natural outcome of one of her earliest works, Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys.

Family life info

She was born in Hamburg, Germany. She met her husband and Curious George co-author, Hans Augusto Rey, in Brazil, where both were refugees from Nazi Germany.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Margret Rey?
Elizabeth Daily is one of the voice actors who worked on the PBS animated version of Curious George.

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When was Author for children Margret Rey born?
Margret Rey was born in 16-5-1906, death year is , at the age of 118.
Where is Author for children Margret Rey's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Margret Rey was born in Hamburg, of Germany. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Margret Rey's global rank is 35441 and whose rank is 99 in list of famous Author for children.
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Events in 1906 and 16-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Margret Rey

  • Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, locates Magnetic North Pole.
  • Ethiopia declared independent in a tripartite pact; country is divided into British, French, and Italian spheres of influence.
  • Finland is the first European country to give women the vote.

Birthday Margret Rey (16-5) in history

  • Day 16-5 year 1770: Marie Antoinette married Louis XVI, who later became king of France.
  • Day 16-5 year 1868: The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.
  • Day 16-5 year 1929: The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.
  • Day 16-5 year 1946: The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.
  • Day 16-5 year 1975: Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
  • Day 16-5 year 1991: Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
  • Day 16-5 year 1997: President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila expelled him from the country.
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