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Christopher Robin Milne
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Real Name

Christopher Robin Milne

Born

21 August 1920

Died

20 April 1996

Origin[]

Christopher Robin Milne was born on 21 August 1920. He was the son of Alan Alexander Milne and his wife, Dorothy. His father, a famous author, used to base his poems and books on a fictional version of Christopher Robin and his Alpha Farnell Teddy bear called Edward Bear (whom Milne changed the name of to Winnie-the-Pooh after a chance encounter with a real bear named Winnie in a Winnipeg zoo).

In 1974, he wrote and published three autobiographical books where he talked about his childhood problems because of the Pooh books.

Milne gave the original stuffed animals (Edward Bear, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, and Kanga) to the editor of the books who donated them to the New York City Public Library. However, Roo was lost in the 1930s in an apple orchard somewhere in Sussex. Christopher Robin Milne died on 20 April 1996.

Toys

The real stuffed toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne and featured in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. They have been on display in the New York Public Library in New York City since 1987. According to the New York Public Library's web site, the items have been on display in the Children's Center at 42d Street, in the "main branch" of the library (the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street) since early 2009.

Public Domain literary works[]

  • When We Were Very Young (1924)
  • Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)
  • Now We Are Six (1927)
  • The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

Notes[]

  • The Winnie the Pooh franchise is trademarked by the Walt Disney Corporation. In order to use the characters' names, they can only appear in the interior of the story.
  • Because Christopher Robin Milne was a real person, he can be used as a character by anyone.

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