Frank Hampson
From Graces Guide
Frank Hampson (21 December 1918 – 8 July 1985) was an English illustrator. He is best known as the creator and artist of Dan Dare and other characters in the boys' comic, the Eagle, which he co-founded, and to which he contributed from 1950 to 1961. His Eagle illustrations included cutaway technical drawings. He also worked as a freelance commercial artist for various publications including Ladybird Books.
was born at 488 Audenshaw Road, Audenshaw, near Manchester), and was educated at King George V School, a grammar school in Southport. His brother Eric was killed in a naval action during the Second World War. He married Dorothy Mabel Jackson in 1944 and in 1947 they had a son, Peter.
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