Arthur Ransome (1884 - 1967)

Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. He also wrote about the literary life of London, and about Russia before, during, and after the revolutions of 1917.