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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: My remarkable uncle & other sketches

    First published in 1942 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Merry Christmas

    First published in 1917 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1945 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2014 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Feast of Stephen: A Leacock Anthology

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Elena Mendia. Un'architetta nella Napoli del Secondo Dopoguerra

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  • Cover of: Here Are My Lectures!

    First published in 1937 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Dawn of Canadian History; a Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada

    First published in 2018 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Book of Ridiculous Stories [microform]

    First published in 2021 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: My remarkable uncle: and other sketches

    First published in 1946 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Laughs with Leacock

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  • Cover of: Too Much College

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  • Cover of: Vintage Leacock

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The man in asbestos: an allegory of the future

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sunshine sketches of a little town

    First published in 1960 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Two elegies: Stephen Leacock adapts Thomas Gray for a new era : Leacock medal award dinner, June 11, 2005

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Canada, the foundations of its future
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    First published in 1941 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Canada's war at sea.

    First published in 1944 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Back to prosperity: the great opportunity of the Empire Conference

    First published in 1932 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Leacock's Lessons: $

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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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