J.M.Barrie
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J.M.Barrie
Description
Dates: 9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937
Occupation: Novelist, playwright
Nationality: Scottish
Born Kirriemuir, Angus, the son of a weaver. Educated at the University of Edinburgh; worked as a journalist before settling in London as a freelance writer in 1885. Early novels Auld Licht Idylls (1888) and A Window in Thrums (1889) drew on the life of his native Kirriemuir; The Little Minister (1891) consolidated his reputation. From the mid-1890s he turned primarily to the stage. Best known as creator of Peter Pan, first performed December 1904. Created baronet 1913; Order of Merit 1922. Died London 19 June 1937; buried Kirriemuir.
Connection to S.R. Crockett: Both writers were promoted through W. Robertson Nicoll's British Weekly and the Hodder and Stoughton publishing network in the late 1880s and early 1890s. They were friends, and had planned to visit Stevenson in Samoa. Barrie took Crockett’s work ‘The PlayActress’ on honeymoon, intending to adapt it for the stage. This did not transpire. Crockett dedicated Cleg Kelly (1896) to Barrie.
Occupation: Novelist, playwright
Nationality: Scottish
Born Kirriemuir, Angus, the son of a weaver. Educated at the University of Edinburgh; worked as a journalist before settling in London as a freelance writer in 1885. Early novels Auld Licht Idylls (1888) and A Window in Thrums (1889) drew on the life of his native Kirriemuir; The Little Minister (1891) consolidated his reputation. From the mid-1890s he turned primarily to the stage. Best known as creator of Peter Pan, first performed December 1904. Created baronet 1913; Order of Merit 1922. Died London 19 June 1937; buried Kirriemuir.
Connection to S.R. Crockett: Both writers were promoted through W. Robertson Nicoll's British Weekly and the Hodder and Stoughton publishing network in the late 1880s and early 1890s. They were friends, and had planned to visit Stevenson in Samoa. Barrie took Crockett’s work ‘The PlayActress’ on honeymoon, intending to adapt it for the stage. This did not transpire. Crockett dedicated Cleg Kelly (1896) to Barrie.
Source
Wikipedia, 'J. M. Barrie' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie). Verified April 2026.
Britannica, 'J.M. Barrie' (https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-M-Barrie). Verified April 2026.
Undiscovered Scotland, 'J.M. Barrie' (https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/jmbarrie.html). Verified April 2026.
Britannica, 'J.M. Barrie' (https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-M-Barrie). Verified April 2026.
Undiscovered Scotland, 'J.M. Barrie' (https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/jmbarrie.html). Verified April 2026.
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Citation
“J.M.Barrie,” S.R.Crockett Museum, accessed May 3, 2026, https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/items/show/1380.