J.M. Barrie

picture from google or wikipedia...

After reading a friends blog the other day it inspired me to do some research on J.M. Barrie...
so here you go... just a little something short and sweet about a very cool dude.

J.M. Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) is a Scottish author who moved to London...

You may know him better as the man who created "Peter Pan" a boy that never wanted to grow up and who was friends with a girl named Wendy (*cough* my favorite name *cough*). They hung out in a place called Neverland...

Check Wendy out in this picture... That could totally be me *wink*wink*...

Peter Pan became his best-known work, credited with popularising the name Wendy, which was very uncommon previously.

Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital, which continues to benefit from them.  Isn't that the nicest thing you've read in a while?!  Makes me want to give him a hug!

There is a great statue of Peter Pan in Hyde Park. You should check it out next time you are taking a stroll...

Can you spot me in this picture? (Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park)

Barrie died of pneumonia on June 19, 1937 and is buried at Kirriemuir next to his parents and two of his siblings. He left the bulk of his estate (excluding the Peter Pan works, which he had given to Great Ormond Street Hospital) to his secretary Cynthia Asquith.

His birthplace at 4 Brechin Road is maintained as a museum by the National Trust for Scotland.

Cheers to J.M. Barrie!!