Surname: Grahame Forename(s): Kenneth b. 8 March 1859. d. 6 July 1932. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Novelist, short story writer, children’s writer, secretary to the Bank of England.
Born in Edinburgh. Friends with Frederick James Furnivall, joining his New Shakespeare
Society and serving as honorary secretary (1880-1891). Began working for the Bank
of England in 1879. Married Elspeth Thomson on 22 July 1899. Prominent writer for
about about children, including the well-known children’s book The Wind in the Willows (1908). Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)