Alison Uttley | |
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Born | Alice Jane Taylor 17 December 1884 |
Died | 7 May 1976 | (aged 91)
Monuments | Blue plaque |
Education | |
Alma mater | Manchester University Cambridge Training College for Women |
Occupations |
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Notable work | Little Grey Rabbit |
Spouse |
James Uttley
(m. 1911; died 1930) |
Children | 1 |
Awards | Honorary Doctor of Letters, Manchester University |
Alison Jane Uttley (née Taylor; 17 December 1884 – 7 May 1976) was an English writer of over 100 books. She is best known for a children's series about Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig. She is also remembered for a pioneering time slip novel for children, A Traveller in Time, about the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots.