Dick King-Smith
Dick King-Smith was born in Bitton, England, United Kingdom on March 27th, 1922 and is the Children's Author. At the age of 88, Dick King-Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.MEd, was a prolific English writer of children's books, mainly using the pen name Dick King-Smith.
In the United States, he is best known for his 1986 film Babe the Gallant Pig.
In fifteen languages, it was adapted as the film Babe (1995) and translated into fifteen languages.
In the 2010 New Year Honours, he was granted an Honorary Master of Education by the University of the West of England in 1999 and named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Dick and Myrle had three children: two daughters (Juliet and Lizzie) and one son (Giles).
The Foxbusters, Dick King-Smith's first book, was published in 1978.
Early life, military service
King-Smith was born in Bitton, Gloucestershire, on March 27th, 1922, and grew up in the West Country; his father, Captain Ronald King-Smith DSO MC, owned several paper mills. Dick was educated at Beaudesert Park School and Marlborough College. He was a soldier in World War II, served with the Grenadier Guards in Italy, and a farmer for 20 years before becoming a teacher at Farmborough Primary School and author. The Fox Busters, King-Smith's first book, was published in 1978, when he was living and teaching in Farmborough.
Dick Enlisted as a recruit in the Grenadier Guards in 1941 at the age of 19. He participated in the Salerno Landings in Italy as a youth platoon commander in 1943. His platoon and several others fought their way up Italy on arrival in Salerno, which took months. Dick was seriously wounded by a British hand grenade launched by a German soldier on July 12, 1944. He was only saved from certain death because he was hiding behind a tree, which bears the brunt of the blast. He had extensive sharp wounds and then, when he returned to England, a cerebral embolism, either of which may have killed him.
Personal life
On Christmas Day 1936, Dick met his wife, Myrle. They were both 14 years old when they were combined. They were married at St. Mary's Church, Bitton, on February 6, 1943. They had three children: Juliet, Giles, and Liz. Myrle died in 2000, and King-Smith married Zona Bedding, a family friend. On TV-AM's children's program Rub-a-Dub-Tub (1983), he did a feature on animals.