Sir J M Barrie

Sir J M Barrie

Scottish writer

Moustache type: Walrus

Born: 9 5 1860 (Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland)
Died: 19 6 1937 (London, England, aged 77, pneumonia)

James Matthew Barrie is the creator of Peter Pan, Wendy, the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook (qv), Neverland and the Darling family (based on the Davies boys, who were the grandsons of George du Maurier and cousins of Daphne). His lasting fame is due mainly to Peter Pan, the first performance of which was staged in 1904. But he also wrote many more novels and plays including the Thrums novels, a successful series written in Scotch dialect and based on his home town of Kirriemuir.

Barrie was rich and famous in his lifetime, was made a baronet in 1913 and received the Order of Merit in 1922.

His literary friends and acquaintances included the moustachioed Arthur Conan Doyle (qv), H G Wells (qv) Jerome K. Jerome (qv) and Robert Louis Stevenson (who, because of his royale or soul patch, is sadly ineligible for inclusion in this catalogue).