![]() ![]() The Second World War was under way and he went to work in a solicitor's office for a year, and then as an engineer's assistant for the BBC. He left education aged 14, despite his parents' wishes for him to go to university. ![]() she didn't make many mistakes in life, but that was one of them". He told The Guardian in November 2014 that his parents had chosen the school "for the simple reason mother liked the colour of the blazers. He was educated at Presentation College in Reading. ![]() ![]() His father was a manager for the post office. He was raised in Reading, where his visits to Reading railway station to watch the Cornish Riviera Express pass through started a love of trains. Thomas Michael Bond was born on 13 January 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also appeared in a popular film series (featuring Paddington and Paddington 2 to date) and on television. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. Thomas Michael Bond CBE (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was a British author. ![]()
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