10 Interesting Facts About the Author of "Winnie the Pooh", A.A. Milne His parents were Scots.
   
milne gibson He wrote other pieces besides Winnie The Pooh (shocker) such as poetry, books, and plays. The Red House Mystery was a witty murder mystery. He lived in a school house that his father ran. One-room schoolhouse Milne had a math scholarship for college. math As a student, he wrote for a humor magazine called Punch and later became an assistant editor.
He as in the British Army while being known as a famous pacifist. His first book, in 1905, was Lovers in London." fail It was an epic fail. Epic. His son's name was Christopher Robin. Christopher Robin Milne Very subtle A.A. Milne... Although pictured as a doll in the photos of Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh was actually based on Christopher's favorite bear at the London zoo, and Rabbit and Owl were based on actual animals surrounding the Milne home. The other characters were based on his son's stuffed dolls. Brown Bear A.A Milne looks remarkably like the Pulp Fiction actor Peter Greene. a.a. milne looks like peter green