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born: 3/8/1859 died: 7/6/1932 born as: Kenneth Grahame
Author of The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the English classics of children's literature. Its animal characters-principally Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad-combine captivating human traits with authentic animal habits. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature