Edward Lear

Edward Lear
noun
British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
• Syn: ↑Lear
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑artist, ↑creative person, ↑humorist, ↑humourist

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Edward Lear [Edward Lear]
(1812–88) an English nonsense writer and painter. He spent his early career drawing and painting animals, and in 1832 began work as a painter for the Earl of Derby. He wrote A Book of Nonsense (1846) for the Earl’s grandchildren, and it was the first of a series of books of nonsense poetry containing ↑limericks, drawings and longer poems such as ↑Owl and the Pussy-Cat and ↑Dong with a Luminous Nose.

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