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	J. M. Barrie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, the youngest of nine children, and was educated at Dumfries Academy and Edinburgh University.
		Barrie was a massive name in the literary scene, and counted Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson and Thomas Hardy amongst his friends and acquaintances.
		Barrie became acquainted with the family in 1897 or 1898 after meeting George and Jack with their nurse in London's Kensington Gardens, where he often came while walking his dog, Porthos, and lived nearby.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/J._M._Barrie (890 words)

	James Matthew Barrie - Free Online Library
		James Matthew Barrie was born in the Lowland village of Kirriemuir, in Forfashire.
		Barrie observed his classmates like an outsider; they were tall and interested in girls, while he remained small and apparently he never had a girl friend.
		Barrie was elected lord rector of St. Andrew's University and in 1930 chancellor of Edinburgh University.
	barrie.thefreelibrary.com (1253 words)

	Peter Pan: About the Playwright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sir James M. Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, to David Barrie and Margaret Ogilvy in 1860.
		Barrie gave a response and asked the boy what his was; this line of questioning went back and forth, and each time the other boy claimed to be better.
		Barrie said of Jess in A Window in Thrums: “There was never any Jess, anything in her that was rare and beautiful she had from my mother” (Moult 28).
	www.bard.org /Education/Other/peterpanplaywright.html (750 words)

	MSN Encarta - James Barrie
		Barrie, Sir James Matthew (1860-1937), Scottish dramatist and novelist, whose works, both theatrical and nontheatrical, stress his personal ironic view of life as a romantic adventure.
		Sir James Matthew Barrie was born in Kirriemuir and educated at the University of Edinburgh.
		In this fantasy, Barrie dealt with his two favorite themes, the retention of childish innocence and what he conceived to be the feminine instinct for motherhood.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567775/Sir_James_Barrie.html (266 words)

	Sir James Barrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		James Gazette he wrote a series of columns about his native town, which in the Gazette he called "Thrums." In 1888, Barrie published Auld Licht Idylls, a collection of these columns, and this volume, along with its sequels, A Window in Thrums and The Little Minister, solidified his literary reputation.
		Barrie's boy-love disturbs the modern reader in ways that the vast majority of Edwardians would not have even had the language to articulate.
		Barrie never again enjoyed a success on the scale of Peter Pan, but he did enjoy the perpetual success of his creation, which granted him an eternal connection of sorts to the youth he so idealized.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/railway/age/barrie_bio.html (342 words)

	Sir James Matthew Barrie - World's Greatest Classic Books
		Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish dramatist and novelist.
		Throughout Barrie's work, the recurring themes of motherhood and sentiment are felt to be a result of Barrie's relationship with his mother.
		Barrie's wondrous focus on child's play is the key to its longevity: kids who don't grow up, shadows that run away from their owners, pirates, a fairy, and the magic ability to fly.
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/quickstep/1103/barrie_james.htm (836 words)

	An Awfully Big Adventure
		Barrie masterfully sculpted his Peter Pan play and novel from a mass of facts and fantasy that is difficult to untangle.
		Barrie confirmed that he was the mysterious earwiggler and that her son George, known fondly to Barrie only as "the boy in the bright red tam-o'-shanter," had influenced the development of a character in his new play The Little Minister.
		Barrie was elated when he read that audiences had remarked that he had created a "spell" that had the power to "fling off the years and whistle childhood back." The endearing subject of Peter Pan had a similar effect to that of the Auld Licht articles in the past.
	www.amrep.org /past/peter/peter1.html (3082 words)

	Significant Scots - Sir James Barrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sir James Matthew Barrie was born at Kirriemuir, in Perthshire (the
		Shortly after his arrival in London, Barrie collected together his "Auld Licht" sketches and, with their publication in the form of a book in 1888, he may be said to have graduated formally from journalism to literature.
		Barrie is the sort of man who makes his elfin Peter Pan remark "To die would be an awfully big adventure." He is the sort of man who conceives of a London police constable as the hero of a play, and then makes him as whimsical, as poetic, and as fanciful as he is himself.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/barrie_james.htm (2510 words)

	Sir James Barrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Barrie was born in 1860 and educated in Kirriemuir and Forfar, and later at Edinburgh University, where he studied English and graduated in 1882.
		In this fantasy, Barrie dealt with his two favourite themes, the retention of childish innocence and what he conceived to be the feminine instinct for motherhood.
		Barrie died in London in June of 1937, at the age of 77, and is buried in Kirriemuir.
	www.webscot.co.uk /greatscots/jmbarrie.htm (341 words)

	The Story of J.M.B. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But I think there can be no doubt in Barrie's case that a better understanding of the plays themselves is to be gained from some knowledge of their author's peculiar temperament, and of the circumstances in which a few of them were written.
		The more one learns of Barrie's private life, the clearer it becomes that his soul was Peter Pan's; but the fact must not be lost sight of that the Peter Pans of this world, when one comes to look for them, are most often to be found in the care of a psychiatrist.
		All his life, Barrie insisted upon remaining a child -- a boy imbued with the healthy spirit of adventure, whose passions were cricket, sixth-form pranks, heroes and heroines a little larger than life, and a belief that the moon was his for the asking.
	www.theatrehistory.com /british/barrie002.html (1366 words)

	Sir James Barrie, Baronet -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The son of a weaver, Barrie never recovered from the shock he received at six from a brother's death and its grievous effect on his mother, who dominated his childhood and retained that dominance thereafter.
		Barrie, James M. The works of playwright-novelist James M. Barrie have delighted both young and old for a century.
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013479?tocId=9013479 (620 words)

	Kirriemuir - Barrie House
		The white house is the Barrie House in Kirriemuir.
		It is the birthplace of the Scottish author and playwrite, Sir James M. Barrie.
		As with all of Barrie's plays, it went through numerous drafts and revisions, often made during rehearsal and as a response to the thoughts and ideas of the actors.
	thecapitalscot.com /scotplaces/Kirriemuir/BarrieHouse/barrie_house.html (550 words)

	Barrie on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Barrie Botha whose farm has been subject to a land claim - her situation is vulnerable and she is likely to be evicted.
		Anneke Barrie, 10, of San Clemente, crests a wave during a surf clinic by pro surfer Holly Beck during the Hello Kitty Boardfest in Huntington Beach, California, on October 1, 2004.
		Chester Barrie plans on doubling its sales in U.S. He was my fairy godfather Laura Duguid's father was adopted by J. Barrie and inspired 'Peter Pan'.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Barrie.asp (594 words)

	Sir James Matthew Barrie
		According to a short biography "James Barrie was born on May 9, 1860 in Kirriemuir.
		Barrie and Conan Doyle both Scottish, both had attended Edinburgh University and both were avid cricket players.
		She was the mother of Andrew Birkin (writer/filmaker and author of J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys).
	thecapitalscot.com /pastfeatures/barrie.html (993 words)

	J.M. Barrie
		Barrie became world famous with his play and story about PETER PAN (1904), the boy who lived in Never Land, had a war with Captain Hook, and would not grow up.
		James Matthew Barrie was born in the Lowland village of Kirriemuir, in Forfarshire (now Angus).
		Barrie's penthouse at Adelphi Terrace was visited by ministers, duchesses, movie stars, such as Charlie Chaplin, and a number of admirers, whom he occasionally helped with money or advises.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /jmbarrie.htm (1739 words)

	Angus Council \| Local History \| People of Angus \| J M Barrie 1860 - 1937
		James Barrie was born on 9 May 1860 in Kirriemuir.
		James was only six at the time and he tried to take his brother’s place to comfort his mother.
		Barrie gave the man’s younger brother the job, which he kept for over thirty years without a breath of scandal.
	www.angus.gov.uk /history/features/people/JMBarrie.htm (703 words)

	James Matthew Barrie (Scotland, 1897-1968) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sir James Matthew Barrie is the beloved Scottish author of the classic children's story--Peter Pan.
		James was to spend much of the rest of his life trying to replace David for his mourning mother.
		Barrie was made a baronet and was honored with a number of honorary degrees recognizing his literary accomplishments.
	www.histclo.hispeed.com /bio/b/bio-bar.html (1216 words)

	J. M. Barrie - Penguin Group (USA) Authors - Penguin Group (USA)
		He adored his mother, Margaret Ogilvie – it was the Scottish fashion in those days for wives to keep their maiden names – and, although the family were quite poor she made sure that he was educated.
		James moved to London in 1885 to follow a literary career.
		In 1911 James Barrie turned his play into a novel, one of the most thrilling and magical of all the great adventures that have been written for children.
	www.penguinputnam.com /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000000757,00.html (178 words)

	Age Taboo > People > James Barrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		James Barrie was born in Scotland in 1860.
		Barrie always remained youthful, and between his willingness to play games, his imagination, and even his appearance, he often had child friends.
		Barrie's attraction to boys has been documented in several biographies and books: Andrew Birkin's J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys, Fraser Morris's The Death Of Narcissus, and Humphrey Carpenter's Secret Gardens: A Study of the Golden Age of Children's Literature.
	www.agetaboo.org /people/barrie.htm (444 words)

	ANON: the J. M. Barrie Society's Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As a public man: Sir James Barrie, O.M., LL.D, in his robes as chancellor of Edinurgh university.
		The nation's sorrow at the passing of Sir James Barrie, who died in London on June 19, aged seventy-seven, was expressed in the King's message of sympathy to Mr.
		Barrie began his career in journalism, on the "Nottingham Daily Journal," but soon gravitated to London.
	www.jmbarrie.net /obit.html (290 words)

	Barrie, J. M. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The son of a weaver, Barrie studied at the Univ. of Edinburgh.
		During the next 10 years Barrie continued writing novels, such as Sentimental Tommy (1896) and Tommy and Grizel (1900), but gradually his interest turned toward the theater.
		This relationship left him emotionally immature and probably precipitated the failure of his marriage, and his lack of maturity is a discernible element in his works.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ba/Barrie-S.html (312 words)

	New Zealand Sculptures Designed to Please Children - Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, Wendy, Tinker Bell, New Zealand ...
		This was erected at Barrie's expense and sculpted by Sir George Frampton.
		Perhaps the fact that Barrie was a Scot increased the interest in his work in the southern South Island.
		The sculptor was Thomas Clapperton, a pupil of Sir George Frampton.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/peter_pan.html (1189 words)

	Sir James Matthew Barrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Every child and every adult who is still a child at heart knows the story of Peter Pan, but fewer know that the creator of that timeless (and ageless) story was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and that the inspiration for many of his stories came from his Scottish home.
		Barrie was educated in Kirriemuir and Forfar, and later at Edinburgh University, where he studied English and graduated in 1882.
		According to Kathy Li, “In later life, Barrie was struck by writers' cramp, and being ambidextrous, switched hands.
	www.tartans.com /articles/famscots/jamesbarrie.html (344 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In a sense Sir James is experiencing a Return as people continue to learn from his life and workl.
		This also means that Sir James Barrie will be of special interest to those with Saturn in Leo throughout the ages.
		Tragically, on the eve of his 14th birthday, David was gravely injured in a skating accident and died shortly afterwards.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=5695209&postID=109977088742121200 (376 words)

	MCGee In Kensington Gardens
		Barrie's London home was very close to Kensington Gardens and it was here that he first met the Llewellyn Davies boys George, Jack and Peter.
		Barrie wrote the story several times before he decided to turn it into a play in 1903.
		James Matthew Barrie was a part of every character he created.
	www.geocities.com /frnank/KensingtonGardens (1546 words)

	The History of Wendy
		Barrie's "Wendy" was invented at a time when ancient Welsh names were becoming popular again, as an expression of intellectual nationalism.
		Barrie introduced the character Wendy Darling in Peter Pan in 1904.
		It is well-known that J.M. Barrie's work was often inspired by the antics of children.
	www.wendy.com /wendyweb/history.html (800 words)

	Overview of Sir James Matthew Barrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Barrie is best known for the creation of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up, the inspiration for which came to him when a boy playing in the garden of Moat Brae, a house in Dumfries.
		Barrie's own character in many ways mirrored his creation; he was a small man and this lack of stature had always upset him, perhaps explaining why he related better to children than adults.
		Barrie was awarded the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh in 1929.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst6.html (180 words)

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