Īlso, in 1971 while working as the creative director at a London firm, he wrote the first Mr. Originally wanting to become a cartoonist, in 1971, he created a successful series of characters used to promote Askit Powders on television (these were used from 1971 to 1994). By 1968, he was creative director of the Foote, Cone & Belding agency where he wrote slogans such as "Emigrate to Canada Dry (for the sake of your Scotch)". He then spent a year working in his father's laundry and dry-cleaning business before gaining employment in advertising. Hargreaves attended Sowerby Bridge Grammar School (now Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge). He grew up at 703 Halifax Road, Hartshead Moor, Cleckheaton, outside of which there now is a commemorative plaque. Birth Ĭharles Roger Hargreaves was born in a private hospital at 201 Bath Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England, on to Alfred Reginald Hargreaves and Ethel Mary Hargreaves. The simple and humorous stories, with bold, brightly coloured illustrations, have sales of over 85 million copies worldwide in 20 languages. Men series, Little Miss series and Timbuctoo series, intended for young readers. Charles Roger Hargreaves ( – 11 September 1988) was an English author and illustrator of children's books.
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