(Kirriemuir, 1860 - 1937)
"James Matthew Barrie, comúnmente conocido como J. M. Barrie (9 de mayo de 1860-19 de junio de 1937), fue un novelista y dramaturgo británico. Es especialmente famoso por haber creado el personaje de Peter Pan, basado en sus amigos, los niños Llewelyn Davies: George (1893 - 1915), John (1894 - 1959), Peter (1897 - 1960), Michael (1900 - 1921) y Nicholas (1903 - 1980). Segundo de diez hermanos, Barrie nació en Kirriemuir, Angus y fue educado en y la Universidad de Edimburgo. Ejerció de periodista en Nottingham, luego en Londres, y luego pasó a ser novelista y posteriormente autor teatral. Nombrado baronet en 1913, Barrie está enterrado en Kirriemuir junto a sus padres, su hermana y su hermano mayor David, quien había muerto en un accidente de patinaje justo antes de cumplir los 14 años."
"Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (/bæri/; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Although he continued to write successfully, Peter Pan overshadowed his other work, and is credited with popularising the name Wendy. Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of their parents. Barrie was made a baronet by George V on 14 June 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in the 1922 New Year Honours. Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, which continues to benefit from them."