Christopher Robin Milne
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Christopher Robin Milne was an English author and bookseller and the only child of author A. A. Milne. As a child, he was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh s
Milne in 1928
Milne's childhood stuffed animals – the inspiration for characters in the Pooh stories – are now owned by the New York Public Library. (Roo was lost when Christopher Robin was nine years old.)
Aubrey de Sélincourt
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Aubrey de Sélincourt was an English writer, classical scholar, and translator. He was also a keen sailor. He had over 24 books credited to his authorship, but is chiefly remembered for his translation
Christopher Robin Milne
…75. Following his death, he was described by one newspaper as a "dedicated atheist". Milne married Lesley de Sélincourt, daughter of the translator Aubrey de Sélincourt, whose sister was Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt, Milne's mother, and thus he and Lesley were first cousins. They were married from 1948 until his death…
De Sélincourt (seated, right) in Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp, c. 1918
Room in Martin de Selincourt's house, 1926