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Robert Julian Yeatman
1897–1968
Best known for the wickedly funny 1066 and All That, this British humorist turned schoolbook history into a lasting comic classic. His writing for Punch and his partnership with W. C. Sellar helped make him a memorable voice in twentieth-century English humor.
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1066 and all that : A memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates
by Walter Carruthers Sellar, Robert Julian Yeatman
About the author
Robert Julian Yeatman was a British humorist, born on 15 July 1897 and best remembered as the co-author of 1066 and All That (1930), written with W. C. Sellar. The book began in Punch and became an immediate success for its playful send-up of the way history was taught in British schools.
He spent part of his early life in Porto, where his family was connected with the port wine trade, and later served in the First World War with the Royal Field Artillery, earning the Military Cross and being badly wounded. After the war he studied at Oriel College, Oxford, where he met Sellar, then worked in journalism and advertising while continuing to write humorous pieces.
Yeatman and Sellar went on to publish several more books together, including And Now All This, Horse Nonsense, and Garden Rubbish. He later returned to military and government work during the Second World War, and after that worked as a copywriter until retiring in 1962. He died in London on 13 July 1968.