John Lambourne

John Battersby Crompton Lamburn (1893–1972) was a British writer who wrote fiction before the Second World War under the name John Lambourne and natural history studies afterwards under the name John Crompton. He was the younger brother of *Just William* author Richmal Crompton. See: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Battersby_Crompton_Lamburn">John Battersby Crompton Lamburn</a> at Wikipedia.