Althea Braithwaite
English children's author, illustrator, publisher and glass artist
About Althea Braithwaite
Lived 1940 – 2020 (aged 79–80). Althea Braithwaite was a writer, publisher, illustrator and glass artist.
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, Middlesex, the younger daughter of Rosemary (née Harris) and RAF Air Vice-Marshal Francis Braithwaite.
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Who was Althea Braithwaite?
English children's author, illustrator, publisher and glass artist
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Althea Braithwaite was born in 1940.
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Althea Braithwaite died in 2020.
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Althea Braithwaite was a writer, publisher, illustrator and glass artist.
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