Stephen Leacock
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Key facts
- Born
- Stephen Butler Leacock , 30 December 1869, Swanmore , Hampshire , England
- Died
- 28 March 1944 (1944-03-28) (aged 74), Toronto , Ontario , Canada
- Language
- English
- Education
- Upper Canada College
- Alma mater
- University of Toronto , University of Chicago
- Genre
- Humour
- Subject
- Sciences
- Notable works
- Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town; Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich; My Financial Career
- Notable awards
- Lorne Pierce Medal , Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Hampshire
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Employer
- McGill University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Image
- Stephen Leacock.jpg
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- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- date of death
- 1944-03-28
- date of birth
- 1869-12-30
- Commons category
- Stephen Leacock
- birth name
- Stephen Butler Leacock
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Royal Society of Canada
- writing language
- English language
- archives at
- Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
- inventory number
- MS COLL 00499
- P12749
- Canon EOS 40D
- name in native language
- Stephen Leacock
- Commons Creator page
- Stephen Leacock
Sources (5)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Stephen Leacock, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen Butler Leacock (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. From 1915 to 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world.
Early life
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