Enter the mad and unpredictable world of the very inventive Professor Branestawm!
Norman Hunter was born in 1899 in Sydenham, London. He was
energetic and hard-working- after leaving school he worked as an
advertising copywriter, performed as a stage magician and wrote
books on many subjects, including advertising, brainteasers and
conjuring. And he created Professor Branestawm!
Professor Branestawm was originally created for a children's series
on BBC Radio. He went on to appear in a series of thirteen books
written over the next fifty years, from 1933 to 1983. The
Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm is the first book in
the series.
During the Second World War Norman Hunter lived on a boat on the
Thames. In 1949 he went to work in South Africa, but returned to
England in 1969 and spent the rest of his life living by the Thames
in Staines. He died in 1995 aged 95.
When Norman Hunter was asked if Professor Branestawm was based on a
real person, he admitted 'Professor Branestawm jolly well
represents me!'
The Professor Branestawm stories really made me laugh when I was a
boy. I rediscovered them recently and have greatly enjoyed reading
them to my own kids. It's brilliant that a book written in 1933 can
still make a modern kid laugh like a drain
*Charlie Higson*
Norman Hunter's scatterbrained academic, who spends his time
constructing ridiculously complex devices, is one of the best loved
characters from children's literature
*Independent*
Will have seven- to 11-year-olds hugging themselves with glee
*Daily Express*
Professor Branestawm and Mrs Flittersnoop have been part of our
family since before time began. It's thrilling to welcome back the
lunatic genius of our beloved Norman Hunter
*Joanna Lumley*
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