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Barbara Euphan Todd (9 January 1890 – 2 February 1976) was an English writer widely remembered for her ten books for children about a scarecrow called Worzel Gummidge. These were adapted for radio and television.
Worzel Gummidge is a 2019 British TV fantasy miniseries, and an adaptation of the Worzel Gummidge series by Barbara Euphan Todd. It stars Mackenzie Crook, who also wrote and directed the series, as the magical scarecrow.
Miss Ranskill Comes Home is a novel by Barbara Euphan Todd. It was first published in 1946, under her married name, Barbara Bower.
Barbara Euphan Todd was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, the only child of Anglican minister Thomas Todd and Alice Maud Mary (née Bentham), but was brought up in the rural village of Soberton in Hampshire. She was educated at a girls' school in Guildford in Surrey.
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Barbara Euphan Todd (1890-1976), the only child of a country parson, was brought up in Yorkshire, before being sent to boarding school in Surrey when she was fourteen. She worked as a VAD during the First World War, and after her father’s retirement lived with her parents in Surrey and began writing. Her work was published in magazines such ...
Barbara Euphan Todd (1890-1976) was active as an author of children's fantasy from as early as 1924, when she produced The 'Normous Saturday Fairy Book, with Marjory Royce and Moira Meighn.
Oct 17, 2021 · The genius in Barbara Euphan Todd’s rural children’s fantasy books based on the adventures of Worzel Gummidge, the scarecrow of Scatterbrook Farm, was brought to our television screens in the late 1970s. READ MORE: Heckfield: When boxing legend Muhammad Ali visited a pub in a sleepy Hampshire village.
