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Mary Eleanor Jessie Knox née Shepard (25 December 1909 – 4 September 2000)[1] was an English illustrator of children's books. She is best known for the Mary Poppins stories written by P. L. Travers (1934 to 1988): "Mary Shepard: Putting Mary Poppins in the picture", The Times of London titled an obituary article.[2] She used her married name Mary Knox outside the publishing industry.[1]

Mary Shepard
Born	(1909-12-25)25 December 1909
Died	4 September 2000(2000-09-04) (aged 90)
Nationality	British
Notable work	Mary Poppins
Spouse	E. V. Knox
Children	Penelope Fitzgerald (step-daughter)
Parent	E. H. Shepard (father)
Relatives	Graham Shepard (brother) Wilfred Knox (brother-in-law) Ronald Knox (brother-in-law) Dilly Knox (brother-in-law) Winifred Peck (sister-in-law)

Life and career

She was the daughter of E. H. Shepard, a famous illustrator of children's literature including Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne in the 1920s and a 1931 edition of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

Shepard graduated from the Slade School of Art. She was 23 when her father was too busy to illustrate Mary Poppins and Travers discovered her work on a Christmas card.[1]

She married E. V. Knox, father of the writer Penelope Fitzgerald.[1][2][3]

References

External links

• Mary Shepard at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Mary Shepard at Library of Congress Authorities, with 27 catalogue records (primarily under 'Shepard, Mary, 1909–' without '2000', previous page of browse report)

На других языках

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- [en] Mary Shepard

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[fr] Mary Shepard

Mary Shepard est une illustratrice britannique née le 25 décembre 1909 et morte le 4 septembre 2000.

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[ru] Шепард, Мэри

Мэ́ри Элино́р Дже́сси Ше́пард (англ. Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard; 25 декабря 1909 года, Уонерш, Суррей[1] — 4 сентября 2000 года, Лондон) — английская художница, иллюстратор, наиболее известная рисунками к серии книг Памелы Трэверс о Мэри Поппинс. Младшая дочь английского иллюстратора Эрнеста Шеппарда.

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