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- During her latter years Norton lived with her second husband in the village of Hartland in Devon. She died of a stroke in Bideford, Devon, England, on 29 August 1992.
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Kathleen Mary Norton (née Pearson; 10 December 1903 – 29 August 1992), known professionally as Mary Norton, was an English writer of children's books. She is best known for The Borrowers series of low fantasy novels (1952 to 1982), which is named after its first book and, in turn, the tiny people who live secretly in the midst of ...
Died: Aug. 29, 1992, Hartland, Devon (aged 88) Notable Works: “Bed-Knob and Broomstick”. “The Borrowers”. Mary Norton (born Dec. 10, 1903, London, Eng.—died Aug. 29, 1992, Hartland, Devon) was a British children’s writer most famous for her series on the Borrowers, a resourceful race of beings only 6 inches (15 cm) tall, who ...
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Mary Norton was born on December 10, 1903 and died on August 29, 1992. Mary was 88 years old at the time of death. Birthday: December 10, 1903. Date of Death: August 29, 1992. Age at Death: 88.
Aug 21, 2022 · Mary Norton (December 10, 1903 – August 29, 1992) was a British children’s book author best known for The Borrowers series. Born Kathleen Mary Pearson in London, she grew up in a manor house in the town of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, and attended a convent school.
She was a writer, known for Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) and The Borrowers Reboot. She was married to Lionel Boncey and Robert Norton. She died on 29 August 1992 in Hartland, Bideford, Devon, England, UK.
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Sep 3, 1992 · Mary Norton, a writer of children's books whose series about the tiny Borrowers was acclaimed by adults and devoured by legions of children, died on Saturday at her home in Hartland, England.
This month Later Bloomer celebrates the life of Mary Norton, whose birthday was December 10, 1903. Mary was an award-winning children’s author whose name you might recognize, not just from The Borrowers, published when she was 49, but for the book that inspired Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
