Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating 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. The entire series remains in print, and Swallows and Amazons is the basis for a tourist industry around Windermere and Coniston Water, the two lakes Ransome adapted as his fictional North Country lake.
- Occupation
- Q1930187, Q36180, Q4853732, Q644687
- Citizenship
- Q145, Q174193
- Born
- January 18, 1884
- Died
- June 3, 1967
