Herbert Geoffrey Willans, RNVR, (4 February 1911 – 6 August 1958), an English writer and journalist, is best known as the creator of Nigel Molesworth,...
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the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series. Searle was born in Cambridge, England, where...
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Molesworth Owen Willans Richardson, (26 April 1879 – 15 February 1959), was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 Joel Willans (b. 1972)...
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written by Geoffrey Willans, with cartoon illustrations by Ronald Searle. The Molesworth books were the result of an approach by Willans to the cartoonist...
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"Except for John Periwig", etc. Another verse in similar vein, from Geoffrey Willans' Down with Skool, is: Caesar adsum jam forte Brutus aderat Caesar sic...
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(1867–1957) – Little House on the Prairie and other Little House books Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958) – Down with Skool, How to Be Topp Barbara Willard (1909–1994)...
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elsewhere. Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings series set at 'Linbury Court'. Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle's series with the protagonist Nigel Molesworth, set...
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World of Gumball Nigel Molesworth, schoolboy in 1950s humour books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle Nigel Moon, one of the many brothers of the character...
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Molesworth, a fictional character in a series of humorous books by Geoffrey Willans parodying school life This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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cars and motorcycles. He took an apprenticeship with engine manufacturers Willans & Robinson of Rugby, after which he worked as a draughtsman for The Wolseley...
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Fotherington-Tomas is a classic fictional character in a series of books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle featuring the archetypal English prep school boy...
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Thomson Just William, books by Richmal Crompton Molesworth books by Geoffrey Willans and illustrated by Ronald Searle St Trinian's books and films also...
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time such as Back in the Jug Agane, one of the Molesworth series by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle. The craze was referenced in the film Back to the...
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"Hoggwart" appear in the 1954 Nigel Molesworth book How to Be Topp by Geoffrey Willans. The name "Hogwart" also appears in the 1986 Labyrinth fantasy film...
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Marie Stopes, Ralph Waldo Trine, Ethel Turner, Alfred Weber, and Geoffrey Willans died in 1958 without having been nominated for the award. The French...
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Trilogy by E. R. Eddison (England) – first volume in 1935 Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans (England) and Ronald Searle (England, France) – tetralogy, first book...
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Desert Island Discs. Her book choice was The Compleet Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans, her luxury item was writing materials and her favourite track was...
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Wilkinson, Great Britain hockey player and Olympic Gold Medallist Geoffrey Willans, humorist and co-author of Nigel Molesworth series Matthew Wood, 1st...
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first line is quoted by Nigel Molesworth in Down With Skool 1953, by Geoffrey Willans, illustrated by Ronald Searle, p. 41. Bernard Dupriez, A Dictionary...
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Nigel Molesworth, the schoolboy character created by Ronald Searle and Geoffrey Willans. A month after the book's appearance it had topped the best seller...
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Talbot Baines Reed Carmen Reid Edward Stratemeyer Geoffrey Trease Dorothy Vicary Geoffrey Willans P. G. Wodehouse Billy Bunter Naughtiest Girl series...
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drama Baldi (2000). In 1987, the Nigel Molesworth character created by Geoffrey Willans was reprised for a four-part BBC Radio 4 series Molesworth. Written...
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poster Directed by Frank Launder Written by Nigel Tranter Frank Launder Geoffrey Willans Produced by Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder Starring Bill Travers George...
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Robinson Miriam Schlein – When Will the World Be Mine? (non-fiction) Geoffrey Willans (illustrated by Ronald Searle) – Down with Skool! A Guide to School...
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bookstore, where she discovered the satirical Nigel Molesworth novels of Geoffrey Willans, illustrated by cartoonist Ronald Searle, and Searle's St Trinian's...
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8 April 1958 children's writer, novelist. Seven Little Australians Geoffrey Willans United Kingdom 4 February 1911 6 August 1958 children's writer, humorist...
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traveller and scholar Paul Wilkinson (1937–2011), political writer Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958), writer and journalist, (with Ronald Searle) Nigel Molesworth...
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John Bancroft Willans (1881 - 1957) was an English landowner, historian, photographer and philanthropist Willans was born on 27 May 1881 in Liverpool,...
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That Dog by Sharon Creech The Lost Diaries of Nigel Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones by Henry Jones Jr. The Luminous Novel...
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Waugh's novel Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future. Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle's Molesworth book Down With Skool. John Wyndham's...
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