Cartoonist Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs

Living place: England

Birthday: 18-1-1934 (90 years old)

Global rank: #53456

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Who is Cartoonist Raymond Briggs?
English cartoonist and illustrator who is best known in the UK for his popular book The Snowman, which was a picture book that was adapted into a television musical
. He won the 1966 and 1973 Kate Greenaway Medals from the British Library Association and was a runner-up for the 1984 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied drawing at the Wimbledon School of the Arts from 1949 to 1953 and studied typography at the Middle School of the Arts.

Family life info

He was born to Ethel and Ernest Briggs and was married to his wife, Jean, until her death in 1973.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Cartoonist Raymond Briggs?
Mel Smith voices the character of Father Christmas in the special 20th anniversary intro with version Cartoon version of the book The Snowman.

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Summary of Raymond Briggs profile

When was Cartoonist Raymond Briggs born?
Raymond Briggs birthday 18-1-1934 (at the age of 90).
Where is Cartoonist Raymond Briggs's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Raymond Briggs was born in England. is a Cartoonist, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Raymond Briggs's global rank is 53456 and whose rank is 96 in list of famous Cartoonist.
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Events in 1934 and 18-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Raymond Briggs

  • Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria is assassinated by Nazis.
  • Hitler becomes Führer when chancellorship and presidency are united.
  • U.S.S.R. admitted to League of Nations.
  • Dionne sisters, first quintuplets to survive beyond infancy, born in Canada. Background: Multiple Births
  • Mao Zedong begins the Long March north with 100,000 soldiers.

Birthday Raymond Briggs (18-1) in history

  • Day 18-1 year 1733: The first polar bear was exhibited in Boston, USA
  • Day 18-1 year 1778: Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).
  • Day 18-1 year 1782: Former US Secretary of State Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.
  • Day 18-1 year 1788: The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.
  • Day 18-1 year 1912: The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.
  • Day 18-1 year 1943: The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.
  • Day 18-1 year 1993: All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
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