Harry B. Neilson
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Henry Bingham Neilson (1861 – 13 October 1941), who signed his work and was usually credited as Harry B. Neilson, less often as H. B. Neilson, was a British illustrator, mostly of children’s books.
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Born | Henry Bingham Neilson 1861 (1861) Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
Died | (aged 80) West Kirby, Cheshire, England |
Occupation | Children's author and illustrator |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Children's literature |
Notable works | Mr Fox's Hunt Breakfast on Xmas Day (1897) The Fox's Frolic (1917) |
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His first career was as an engineer and electrician, working for a Liverpool shipbuilder, at sea, and in India, where he was a part-time Indian Army cavalryman, but by the 1890s his career as an illustrator was established and he lived his last 37 years in an English village.