![]() ![]() From 1929 onwards, he would simply be referred to as Christopher, and he later stated that it was "The only name I feel to be really mine." : 17–18 ![]() Within the family, he was referred to as Billy Moon, a combination of his nickname and his childhood mispronunciation of Milne. Instead, each parent chose a name, hence his legal name was Christopher Robin. Realizing that it was going to be a boy, he decided on Billy, but without the intention of actually christening him William. Milne's father explained that Rosemary was the intended name of their first born child, if it was a girl. Milne called her Nou, and stated "Apart from her fortnight's holiday every September, we had not been out of each other's sight for more than a few hours at a time", and "we lived together in a large nursery on the top floor." : 19, 21, 55, 97, 104 Milne speculated that he was an only child because "he had been a long time coming." From an early age, Milne was cared for by his nanny Olive "Nou" Rand Brockwell, until May 1930, when he entered boarding school. As a child, he was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories and in two books of poems.Ĭhristopher Robin Milne was born at 11 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London, on 21 August 1920, to author Alan Alexander Milne and Daphne ( née de Sélincourt) Milne. Christopher Robin Milne (21 August 1920 – 20 April 1996) was an English author and bookseller and the only child of author A. ![]()
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