Journalist, editor, and writer, born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, C England, UK. He was most widely known for his Children's Encyclopaedia (1908) and Children's Newspaper. He also wrote a wide range of popular works on history, science, and geography.
Arthur Mee (1875 - 1943) was a British writer, journalist and educator. He is best known for The Children's Encyclopedia and The King's England.
He was born on July 21, 1875, at Stapleford near Nottingham, England, to a modest family. He contributed many non-fiction articles to magazines and joined the staff of The Daily Mail in 1898.
After publishing several books, in 1908 he began work on The Children's Encyclopedia, which came out as a fortnightly magazine. After the success of The Children's Encyclopedia, he came up with the first newspaper published for children, the weekly The Children's Newspaper, which was published until 1965.
Although he made money from these works, he did not receive a fair share, according to his biographer John Hammerton. Its development from design to the final building was depicted in The Children's Encyclopedia.
Mee had one child, but, despite his work, declared that he had no particular affinity with children.
He died in London and his books continued to be published after his death, most noticeably The King's England, a guide to the counties of England, which is being progressively republished.
Trivia
Mee is mentioned in the Monty Python sketch, "The All-England Summarise Proust Competition".
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