Kenneth Grahame
Scottish writer Kenneth Grahame enjoyed a moderate literary career, but remains best know for his children's novel The Wind in the Willows.
Grahame was born in Edinburgh on March 8, 1859. When he was five years old, his mother died giving birth to her fourth child, and his father fell into a deep depression, eventually succumbing to alcoholism. After the elder Mr. Grahame had a debilitating relapse, the Grahame children moved in with their English grandmother, and were never again in...
