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1873 Born at Charlton (Kent, England) on 25 April.

1883 Attended St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, London

1890 Began Work for the Anglo-American (Standard) Oil Company in London as a clerk in the department of statistics.

1895 His first published work, Kismet, appeared in The Sketch.

1899 Married Elfrida Ingpen at Battersea; their first child, Florence, was born.

1902 His first book, Songs of Childhood, was published under the name of Walter Ramal.

1904 The publication of his first full-length novel, Henry Brocken.

1905 Received his first assignment as a reviewer (in Bookman).

1906 The publication of his first collection of poetry, Poems.

1908 Left the Anglo-American (Standard) Oil Company to concentrate on writing full-time thanks to the offer of a goverment pension (obtained for him by Henry Newbolt); began reviewing for the Times Literary Supplement.

1910 The Return.

1911 Met Naomi Royde-Smith; awarded The Polignac Prize, Royal Society of Literature Prize.

1912 The Listeners; A Child's Day; included in the anthology Georgian Poetry 1911-1912.

1913 Peacock Pie; met Forrest Reid.

1915 Death of Rupert Brooke.

1916 His first visit to America (lecture and reading tour).

1917 Death of Edward Thomas; met Robert Frost.

1918 Motley; met Siegfried Sasson.

1921 Memoirs of a Midget; The Veil and other Poems; stayed with Thomas Hardy at Max Gate.

1922 Down-Adown-Derry; awarded The James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, for Memoirs of a Midget; met J.M. Barrie.

1923 The Riddle and other Stories; Come Hither.

1924 Ding Dong Bell; declined the offer of a knighthood.

1925 Broomsticks and other tales.

1926 The Connoisseur and other Stories.

1927 Stuff and Nonsense.

1928 Death of Thomas Hardy.

1930 On the Edge; Desert Islands; Poems for Children.

1931 For the second time declined the offer of a knighthood.

1933 The Fleeting; The Lord Fish and other tales.

1935 Early One Morning.

1936 The Wind Blows Over.

1938 Death of Henry Newbolt.

1939 Behold, This Dreamer.

1940 Pleasures and Speculations; moved to South End House, Twickenham.

1941 Bells and Grass: A Book of Ryhmes.

1943 Love; Death of his wife, Elfie.

1945 The Burning Glass.

1946 The Traveller.

1947 Awarded The Carnegie Medal, Library Association, for Collected Stories for Children; death of Forrest Reid.

1948 Made a Companion of Honour.

1950 Inward Companion.

1951 Winged Chariot; awarded honorary degree from Oxford.

1953 O Lovely England; Private View; made a member of the Order of Merit.

1954 Awarded The Foyle Poetry Prize.

1955 A Beginning and other Stories.

1956 Died in Twickenham (Middlesex, England), 22 June; buried at St. Paul's Cathedral, London.

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1873	Born at Charlton (Kent, England) on 25 April.
1883	Attended St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, London
1890	Began Work for the Anglo-American (Standard) Oil Company in London as a clerk in the department of statistics.
1895	His first published work, *Kismet*, appeared in The Sketch.
1899	Married Elfrida Ingpen at Battersea; their first child, Florence, was born.
1902	His first book, Songs of Childhood, was published under the name of Walter Ramal.
1904	The publication of his first full-length novel, *Henry Brocken*.
1905	Received his first assignment as a reviewer (in Bookman).
1906	The publication of his first collection of poetry, *Poems*.
1908	Left the Anglo-American (Standard) Oil Company to concentrate on writing full-time thanks to the offer of a goverment pension (obtained for him by Henry Newbolt); began reviewing for the Times Literary Supplement.
1910	The Return.
1911	Met Naomi Royde-Smith; awarded The Polignac Prize, Royal Society of Literature Prize.
1912	*The Listeners; A Child's Day;* included in the anthology Georgian Poetry 1911-1912.
1913	Peacock Pie; met Forrest Reid.
1915	Death of Rupert Brooke.
1916	His first visit to America (lecture and reading tour).
1917	Death of Edward Thomas; met Robert Frost.
1918	Motley; met Siegfried Sasson.
1921	*Memoirs of a Midget; The Veil and other Poems;* stayed with Thomas Hardy at Max Gate.
1922	Down-Adown-Derry; awarded The James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, for *Memoirs of a* Midget; met J.M. Barrie.
1923	The Riddle and other Stories; Come Hither.
1924	Ding Dong Bell; declined the offer of a knighthood.
1925	Broomsticks and other tales.
1926	The Connoisseur and other Stories.
1927	Stuff and Nonsense.
1928	Death of Thomas Hardy.
1930	On the Edge; Desert Islands; Poems for Children.
1931	For the second time declined the offer of a knighthood.
1933	The Fleeting; The Lord Fish and other tales.
1935	Early One Morning.
1936	The Wind Blows Over.
1938	Death of Henry Newbolt.
1939	Behold, This Dreamer.
1940	Pleasures and Speculations; moved to South End House, Twickenham.
1941	Bells and Grass: A Book of Ryhmes.
1943	Love; Death of his wife, Elfie.
1945	The Burning Glass.
1946	*The Traveller.*
1947	Awarded The Carnegie Medal, Library Association, for Collected Stories for Children; death of Forrest Reid.
1948	Made a Companion of Honour.
1950	Inward Companion.
1951	Winged Chariot; awarded honorary degree from Oxford.
1953	O Lovely England; Private View; made a member of the Order of Merit.
1954	Awarded The Foyle Poetry Prize.
1955	A Beginning and other Stories.
1956	Died in Twickenham (Middlesex, England), 22 June; buried at St. Paul's Cathedral, London.