Stephen P. H. 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
Stephen P. H. Butler LeacockFRSC (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world.[1] He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies.[2]
^Lynch, Gerald. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation.
^Inter. Simple Eng. (Fd. Board, Part II) (2012). My Financial Career. Lahore: Simple publishing. p. 569.
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