Geoffrey Willans

Geoffrey Willans, author of Down With Skool, How to be Topp, Whizz for Atomms and Back in the Jug Agane, was born and educated in England, and spent time not only as a tiny pupil but also as an extremely perceptive schoolmaster. After active service during the Second World War he joined the BBC as a feature writer. His writing appeared frequently in publications like Punch, Lilliput and Blackwoods before his untimely death in 1958, at the age of 47.