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Stephen Leacock

A Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world (Wikipedia).

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Canadian writer and economist (1869–1944)

Born 30 December 1869
Died 28 March 1944

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  • Cover of: Literary lapses
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  • Cover of: Nonsense Novels
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  • Cover of: Frenzied fiction
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  • Cover of: Arcadian adventures with the idle rich
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  • Cover of: Winsome Winnie, and other new nonsense novels
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  • Cover of: Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

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  • Cover of: Behind the Beyond: And Other Contributions to Human Knowledge
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  • Cover of: Moonbeams from the larger lunacy
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    Cover of edition moonbeamsfromlar00leac Cover of edition 2moonbeamsfromla00leacuoft Cover of edition moonbeamsfromla00leacgoog Cover of edition moonbeamsfromlar00leaciala First published in 1915 — 23 editions
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  • Cover of: Adventurers of the far North: a chronicle of the frozen seas
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    First published in 1914 — 22 editions
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  • Cover of: Further foolishness: sketches and satires on the follies of the day
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  • Cover of: My discovery of England
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  • Cover of: Laugh with Leacock: an anthology of the best work of Stephen Leacock.
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  • Cover of: The dawn of Canadian history: a chronicle of aboriginal Canada.
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  • Cover of: The mariner of St. Malo: a chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier
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  • Cover of: Canada: The Foundations of Its Future
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  • Cover of: The Hohenzollerns in America: with the Bolsheviks in Berlin and other impossibilites
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  • Cover of: Elements of political science
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  • Cover of: Essays and literary studies
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  • Cover of: The unsolved riddle of social justice
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  • Cover of: Afternoons in Utopia: Tales of the now time
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    First published in 1932 — 10 editions
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Canadian writer and economist (1869–1944)

Born 30 December 1869
Died 28 March 1944

Subjects

Canadian wit and humor, History, History and criticism, Satire and humour, Canadian (English), CIHM, Satire et humeur canadiennes-anglaises, ICMH, Biography, Fiction, humorous, general, Politics and government, Colonies, Humor, Humor, general, Imperial federation, American wit and humor, Economic policy, Fiction, Wit and humor, Anecdotes, American Humorists, Canadian Humorous stories, Canadian wit and humor (English), Description and travel, Discovery and exploration, Social problems, Socialism, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire

Places

Canada, Great Britain, United States, America, Montréal (Québec), Canadian Northwest, England, Arctic regions, New France, Arctic Regions, Arctique, Calcutta, Canada (Province), India, Nord-Ouest canadien, North America, Québec (Province), Surrey

People

L. H. Lafontaine Sir (1807-1864), Robert Baldwin (1804-1858), Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), Francis Hincks Sir (1807-1885), Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Mark Twain (1835-1910), Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), Mrs. Sommers, O. Henry (1862-1910), Stephen, 1869-1944 Leacock, William Lyon Mackenzie (1795-1861), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Charles Gordon whose pen name was Ralph Connor, Charles W. Jefferys, Francis Hincks (1807-1885), George-Étienne Cartier Sir (1814-1873), Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Jacques Cartier, John H. Watson, L. H. LaFontaine (1807-1864), L. H. LaFontaine Sir (1807-1864), Louis Joseph Papineau (1786-1871), Sherlock Holmes, Sir Francis Hincks (1807-1885)

Time

19th century, Rebellion, 1837-1838, 20th century, 1841-1867, 1763-1867, 1837-1838 (Rébellion), 1867-1914, 1918-1945, 1791-1841, 1865-1918, 1890s, 1896-1911, 1918-, 19e siècle, United States

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Alternative names

  • Stephen Leacock
  • Stephen B. Leacock
  • Stephen Butler Leacock
  • stephen leacock
  • STEVEN LEACOCK
  • A H LEACOCK STEPHEN with illustrations by FISH

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