Althea Mary Braithwaite (20 June 1940 – 27 August 2020), was an English children's author, illustrator, publisher and glass artist, best known for ''Desmond the Dinosaur''.
Althea Braithwaite was born in
Pinner
Pinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, England, northwest of Charing Cross, close to the border with Hillingdon, historically in the county of Middlesex. The population was 38,698 in 2021.
Originally a mediaeval ...
, Middlesex, the younger daughter of Rosemary (née Harris) and RAF Air Vice-Marshal
Francis Braithwaite.
References
https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000381794?rskey=nYNIil&result=37
1940 births
2020 deaths
English children's writers
English children's book illustrators
English women children's book illustrators
English publishers (people)
British glass artists
People from Pinner
{{England-artist-stub