Sydney George Hulme Beaman

Sydney George Hulme Beaman, born in 1887 and who died 4 February 1932, was a British author & illustrator best known as the creator of the Toytown stories and their characters including Larry the Lamb. He also illustrated the 1930s John Lane, edition of a Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[1]

Life and work

Toytown was first broadcast by the BBC on 19 July 1929 in the Children's Hour BBC radio programme.[2]

gollark: It's an "allocator" now.
gollark: Sorry, fixed it.
gollark: Huh, I *am* in a convoluted way, oopsie.
gollark: No I'm not.
gollark: Wow, it compiles with no warnings!

References
  1. "British Library - Illustrations to Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
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