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Banjo Paterson

Australian journalist, author and poet

Banjo Paterson

CBE

Banjo Paterson, circa 1890

Born

Andrew Barton Paterson


(1864-02-17)17 February 1864

"Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Died5 February 1941(1941-02-05) (aged 76)

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Resting placeNorthern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Author, journalist, composer, clerk, poet
Spouse

Alice Emily Walker

(m. )​
Children2
RelativesJohn Paterson (uncle)

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, CBE (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period.[1]

Born in rural New South Wales, Paterson worked as a lawyer before transitioning into literature, where he quickly gained recognition for capturing the life of the Australian bush. A representative of the Bulletin School of Australian literature, Paterson wrote m

Who Was William Paterson?

William Paterson,
Patriot and Statesman
1745-1806

 

"The education of children is a matter of vast importance and highly deserving of our most serious attention. The prosperity of our country is intimately connected with it; for without morals, there can be no order, and without knowledge, no genuine liberty."

From "On Education," an essay by William Paterson, c. 1793-95

William Paterson was born in Antrim in northern Ireland on December 24, 1745. His father, Richard Paterson, brought the family to British America two years later, landing in Delaware. By 1750, the elder Paterson, a traveling peddler of household goods, was able to purchase a general store in Princeton, which was along the main road from New York to Philadelphia and across from Nassau Hall, which became the site of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1756.

Paterson entered Princeton in 1759, at age 14, where he studied the classics, history, political theory and moral philosophy. He viewed college as the place to develop and perfect his character

Katherine Paterson

American author (born 1932)

Not to be confused with Kathryn Paterson.

Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born October 31, 1932)[1] is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998[2][3] and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature.[4] Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007[5] and the Children's Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association in 2013.[6][7] She was the second US National Ambassador for Young

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