Person    | Male  Born 8/8/1876  Died 24/12/1961

Charles Hamilton (Frank Richards)

Categories: Children, Literature

Author for children. Born Oak Street, Ealing, where the plaque now is. Specialised in writing long series of stories generally using a different pen-name for each. Most famously, as Charles Hamilton he wrote the Billy Bunter stories. Never married. Died at home at Kingsgate-on-Sea, Kent.

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Charles Hamilton (Frank Richards)

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Billy Bunter creator

Charles Hamilton, known as Frank Richards, creator of Billy Bunter, was born ...

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