birth_date: 1812-05-12 00:00:00
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name: Edward Lear
about: Edward Lear was a distinguished English artist, illustrator and writer known for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form which he popularized.Beneath the absurd and playful imaginings of his poetry there lurks a melancholic streak that was to bedevil him throughout his extraordinarily creative and nomadic life.For more information, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_... Edward Lear was a distinguished English artist, illustrator and writer known for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form which he popularized.Beneath the absurd and playful imaginings of his poetry there lurks a melancholic streak that was to bedevil him throughout his extraordinarily creative and nomadic life.For more information, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_... ...more
death_date: 1888-01-29 00:00:00