Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock

FRSC
Stephen Leacock; FRSC
	Leacock, c. 1913
Born	Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock; 30 December 1869; Swanmore, Hampshire, England
Died	28 March 1944 (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 Leacock FRSC (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.

[Lynch-1] Lynch, Gerald. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation.

[Simple-2] Inter. Simple Eng. (Fd. Board, Part II) (2012). My Financial Career. Lahore: Simple publishing. p. 569.

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Stephen Leacock FRSC
Leacock, c. 1913
Born	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