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The titular protagonist of [i][[Paddington]][/i]. Originally from Peru, he arrives as a stowaway in the [[United Kingdom]] and is so named because the Brown family, who take him in, meet him at Paddington Station in Westminster, London. Author Michael Bond based him on a lone teddy bear that he noticed on a shelf in a London shop near Paddington Station on Christmas Eve 1956, which he bought as a present for his wife.

He first appeared as a [[stuffed toy]] in 1972, manufactured by Gabrielle Designs. Shirley and Eddie Clarkson, the owners, made the prototype as a Christmas present for their children Joanna and [[Jeremy Clarkson|Jeremy]], who went on to become a car journalist and TV host ([i][[Top Gear]][/i]/[i]The Grand Tour[/i]).

Statues of him can be found at Platform 1 at Paddington, in Leicester Square in London and in Parque Salazar, Miraflores, Lima, Peru.

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* "Wikipedia":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington_Bear]
* "Twitter/X":[https://twitter.com/PaddingtonBear/]
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