G. E. Farrow
Deceased Person
1862 – 1919
Who was G. E. Farrow?
George Edward Farrow born in Ipswich in England, was a noted British children's book author of whose life little is known.
The son of George Farrow, a cement manufacturer in Ipswich, and his wife Emily, G.E. Farrow was educated in London and America. In 1891 he was working as a clerk to the Collector of Inland Revenue and was living at No 190 Dalston Lane in Hackney. In 1901 he was living at No 83 Sterndale Road in Hammersmith. By this time his occupation is listed as 'Author'. On both these dates his mother was living with him. He also lived for a time in Brook Green in West Kensington.
During his literary career Farrow wrote more than thirty books for children. He encouraged his young readers to write to him, answered their letters, and let their tastes and opinions guide his future works. Though he wrote adventure tales and poetry, Farrow was best known for his nonsense books written in the tradition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, especially his Wallypug series, including:
⁕The Wallypug of Why
⁕Adventures in Wallypugland
⁕The Wallypug in London
⁕In Search of the Wallypug
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