The Shepards had two children: Graham, who was killed in World War II, and Mary, who later illustrated P. Florence was a mural painter and fellow student at the Academy. In 1903, Shepard married Florence Chaplin. Art became Ernest's passion, and after attending Heatherley's Art School and the Royal Academy Schools, Shepard supported himself by drawing for the illustrated papers and by illustrating books. It was she who first encouraged young Ernest to paint and draw. His father was an architect and his mother, who died when he was ten years old, was the daughter of a notable watercolorist. Milne wrote more plays, a novel, his autobiography, and political nonfiction, although he is best remembered for Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, and Now We Are Six. It was Christopher’s toy bear, pig, donkey, tiger, and kangaroo that became the inspiration for the famous Pooh books. Christopher Robin Milne was born in 1920. During this time he wrote three plays, all of which were produced on the London stage. He began his military service in 1915 in Europe. In 1913 he married Dorothy de Selincourt. Before long he was supporting himself on his earnings, and became an editor at Punch magazine. As a boy he wrote verses, parodies, and short humorous pieces for his school’s paper. Milne was born in England in 1882, the third and youngest son of London schoolteachers.
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