Editing Brian Froud (section)

== Early life ==
Froud was born in [[Winchester]], England in 1947.<ref name="GLCAEntry">{{cite encyclopedia |date=22 September 2004 |title=Brian Froud |encyclopedia=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]}} {{Gale|H1000154699}}</ref> An [[only child]], he grew up in rural [[Hampshire]]<ref name="Horrigan">{{cite news |first=Jeremiah |last=Horrigan |date=31 December 1982 |title=In Froud's world, mountains talk, rivers sing |newspaper=[[Poughkeepsie Journal]] |location=Poughkeepsie, New York |page=22 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57370468/in-frouds-world-mountains-talk/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=limited |access-date=15 August 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200815052654/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57370468/in-frouds-world-mountains-talk/ |archive-date=15 August 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> before moving to [[Kent]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Barder |first=Ollie |date=27 January 2019 |title='Brian Froud's World of Faerie' Book Review: A Wonderful Collection Of Fascinating Fantasy Art |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2019/01/27/brian-frouds-world-of-faerie-book-review-a-wonderful-collection-of-fascinating-fantasy-art/#42ccfda93bf9 |magazine=[[Forbes]] |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224203749/https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2019/01/27/brian-frouds-world-of-faerie-book-review-a-wonderful-collection-of-fascinating-fantasy-art/#42ccfda93bf9 |archive-date=24 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1967 he enrolled as a painter at [[Maidstone College of Art]], where he graduated with a first class honors diploma in [[Graphic Design]] in 1971.<ref name="Crystal">{{cite web |title= Brian Froud |url=http://www.darkcrystal.com/encyclopedia_froud.php |website=DarkCrystal.com |publisher=The Jim Henson Company |access-date= 9 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826033246/http://www.darkcrystal.com/encyclopedia_froud.php |archive-date=26 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>