and Alan never spoke one more word to each other again. A. A. even refused to say anything to Barry while he was on his deathbed. (WWW)Alan Alexander Milne was always and exceptional student but writing always dominated his life. In 1893 Alan Alexander attended his first year at Westminster School which his older brother Ken also attended. (Collier, Nakamura 1686) Alan was an exceptional student during his first year at Westminster and became a Queen Scholar after only finishing his first term of school. (Collier, Nakamura 1686) After this though, he began slacking off and lacking the exceptional qualities he once had. He decided he knew enough so he stopped working as hard as he used to. This is when he began focusing all his efforts on writing for the school newspaper. (Collier, Nakamura 1686) In 1900 he graduated from Westminster and began Trinity College of Cambridge University. After graduating from Trinity College he moved back to London and worked as a free lance journalist. He had articles published in Varity Fair and Punch magazines. (Collier, Nakamura 1686) In 1905 he completed his first book Lovers in London. He was very unsatisfied with this publication and pretended that he never wrote it. One year later he became assistant editor at Punch magazine. After he became assistant editor he made this comment, My real achievement was to be not wholly the wrong person at the right spot at the right time. (Collier, Nakamura 1686) The reason he said something like this is because he is very modest about his work and how talented he was. By what he said in the quote he thought that it was pure luck by him becoming assistant editor of a major magazine not by ambition and natural talent. Although he had already been assistant editor for four years he only became famous in 1910. (Collier, Nakamura 1687) His articles became very popular among readers. He wrote about insights into a childs mind. This is what led him to writing childrens b...
