George du Maurier

Birthday:

03/06/1834

Place of birth:

Paris, France:

Biography:

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and for his novel Trilby. He was the father of actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier. He was also the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Description above from the Wikipedia George du Maurier licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.