Stephen Leacock

Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist. Leacock was born in Swanmore, near Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England, and at the age of six moved to Canada with his family, which settled on a farm in Egypt, Ontario, near the village of Sutton and the shores of Lake Simcoe. Leacock's father, Peter, had been banished from the manor for marrying Agnes Butler without his parents' permission. The... more

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  • Dec 30, 1869

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  • Mar 28, 1944 (age 74 years)

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