Paul Jennings (UK Author)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul Francis Jennings (20 June 1918 - 26 December 1989) was a British humourist. He mostly wrote short articles; his most famous collection is The Jenguin Pennings, published in 1963 by Penguin books (hence the Spoonerism of the title). Although he wrote a small number of books for children, Jennings should not be confused with Paul Jennings, an Australian children's writer. Jennings began his career serving in the Royal Signals during the Second World War. His first publication was 'Moses was a Sanitary Officer' in the April 1943 edition of Lilliput magazine. Freelance work for Punch and The Spectator soon followed. Leaving the army with the rank of Lieutenant, he briefly worked as a scriptwriter for the Central Office of Information and then spent two years as an advertising copywriter; throughout this period his freelance work continued to be published.