Charles Farrar Browne

Charles Farrar Browne ( born April 23 1834 in Waterford, Maine, † March 6, 1867 in Southampton, England), also known under the pseudonym Artemus Ward, was an American writer and satirist.

Biography

Browne wrote initially from 1857 to 1861 for the newspaper The Cleveland Plain Dealer and conjoining annual satirical undertones. Subsequently, he wrote under the pseudonym Artemus Ward articles and a book entitled Artemus Ward. His Book ( 1862), before he finally emigrated in 1866 to England, where he was one of the authors of the magazine Punch.

He stepped beyond as a humorist, with the nickname "The Genial Showman " in the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly. Ward, who had contact with authors like Prentice Mulford wrote in the style of the satires in the tradition of Ambrose Bierce. At the age of almost 33 years, he died from the effects of tuberculosis.

External links and sources

  • Charles Farrar Browne at the Notable Names Database (English)
  • Biography ( Famous Americans )
  • Biography ( newadvent.org )
  • Chambers Biographical Encyclopedia, p 227, 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2
  • Author
  • Literature (19th century)
  • Literature ( English )
  • Literature (United States)
  • Satire
  • Americans
  • Born in 1834
  • Died in 1867
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