J. M. Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), creator of Peter Pan, was a Scottish dramatist and author. Educated in Scotland, it was in London where Barrie developed his career as a playwright and novelist.
The 5 Llewelyn Davies boys, whom Barrie befriended in Kensington Gardens in 1897, provided the inspiration for many of his characters, some named after the Davies’ boys such as Peter, John and Michael of Peter Pan. Barrie became the boys’ guardian following their parents’ deaths. The concept of a boy who would not grow up was not based on any of the Davies boys however, but on Barrie’s older brother who had died the day before he turned 14 in an ice skating accident. Barrie, before his death, gave all the rights to the Peter Pan works to the Great Ormond Street Hospital which still benefits from them.
The story of Peter Pan itself concerns a mischievous boy who can fly. Living on the island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, his gang of similarly young boys without r4 cards, Peter Pan refuses to grow up.
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