George Mills (writer)
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| Born | George Ramsay Acland Mills 1 October 1896 Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom |
| Died | 8 December 1972 (aged 76) Budleigh Salterton, Devon, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author, Schoolmaster |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | British children's and young adults' literature (1900–1949) |
| Notable works | Meredith and Co. (1930); King Willow (1938); Minor and Major (1939) |
| Spouse | Vera Louise Beauclerk Mills (1893-1942) |
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Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet, great-grandfather Arthur Mills (MP), grandfather Sir George Dalhousie Ramsay, grandfather Revd Barton R. V. Mills, father Arthur F. H. Mills, novelist Lady Dorothy Mills, novelist and travel writer |
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George Ramsay Acland Mills (1 October 1896 – 8 December 1972) was a British preparatory schoolmaster and an author of children's adventure stories. His whimsical tales often revolve around boys' preparatory schools in Great Britain and often involve sports like cricket, pranks, and mysteries, as well as a beloved pet bulldog, Uggles. He was born in Bude, Cornwall and died in Devonshire.
Mills is listed in the British Library as a "Writer of Tales for Boys".
Books authored by Mills on the shelves of the British Library include Meredith and Co.: The Story of a Modern Preparatory School [1933], King Willow [1938], Minor and Major [1939], and St. Thomas of Canterbury [1939]. Although Mills never published another book after 1939, he saw his work reprinted for another generation into the late 1950s.
Mills' most famous book, Meredith and Co., captured the idiom of pupils during the interwar period more accurately than any other novel. Five years later, Mills published a sequel, King Willow. The books followed the maturation and adventures of a cadre of fun-loving boys in fictional Leadham House Preparatory School. Leadham House was based on the teaching experiences of Mills while on the staff at Windlesham House School in Portslade and Warren Hill School in Meads, both in East Sussex, between 1925 and 1933.
Mills also taught at The Craig School in Windermere, the English Preparatory School in Glion, and Eaton Gate Preparatory School in London between 1926 and 1938, and at Ladycross School, a Catholic boys' preparatory school in Seaford, East Sussex in 1956 (pictured).
Mills had fought in World War I from 1916 to 1919, beginning as a Private in a Rifle Brigade, transferring to the Royal Army Service Corps, and being discharged as a Lance Corporal. At the outset of the World War II, Mills returned to military service on 11 October 1940 and was assigned the rank of Lieutenant as a paymaster in the Royal Army Pay Corps. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 11 April 1942, three months after the death of his wife, Vera. On 3 November 1943, Mills relinquished his commission due to ill health and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant.
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