Stephen Leacock
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OverviewAI-generated
Stephen Leacock (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian male author. His literary output includes 481 works, with notable titles such as *Nonsense novels*, *My discovery of England*, *College days*, *Last leaves*, and *Frenzied fiction*. He is also associated with five works listed in Crossref and one work in Europeana.
Leacock’s writings have been referenced by 274 other encyclopedia articles. His recorded quotes include observations on Americans, the origin of Saskatchewan, and the term "angling." Additionally, he has 89 listeners and a playcount of 351 on Last.fm.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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
Show 14 more facts
- 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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stephen Leacock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.