Jm barrie autobiography

J.M. Barrie lived from 9 May 1860 to 19 June 1937. A native of Kirriemuir, he was a novelist and dramatist best known for inventing the character of Peter Pan.

The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM, to give him his full range of titles, was born the ninth of ten children to a weaving family in a house in Kirriemuir now preserved by the National Trust for Scotland as a museum.

When James was six, his 13 year old brother David died in a skating accident on the eve of his 14th birthday.

Jm barrie autobiography

David had been their mother's favourite and she never recovered from the loss, repeatedly confusing James with David and effectively denying him a separate identity. Meanwhile, the father refused to have any dealings with the children at all.

As a result of what would today be considered psychological abuse