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Ian Serraillier (24 September 1912 – 28 November 1994) was an English novelist and poet. He retold legends from England, Greece and Rome and was best known for his children's books, especially The Silver Sword (1956), a wartime adventure story that the BBC adapted for television in 1957 and again in 1971.
Early life and education
Serraillier was born in London on 24 September 1912.
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He was the eldest of the four children of Lucien Serraillier (1886–1919) and Mary Kirkland Rodger (1883–1940). His father died in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
Serraillier was educated at Brighton College and at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
He then taught English at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, from 1936 to 1939, Dudley Grammar School, Worcestershire, from 1939 to 1946, and Midhurst Grammar School, West Sussex, from 1946 to 1961.
Pacifism
As a Quaker Serraillier was granted conscientious objector status in World War II.
He was a member of the pacifist Peace Pledg
