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Jerome K. Jerome

1859 - 1927

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Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a young man trying to earn a living in various occupations. In his twenties, he was able to publish some work, and success followed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerome K. Jerome is the 785th most popular writer (up from 817th in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 621st in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Writer.

Jerome K. Jerome is most famous for his three novels, Three Men in a Boat, Three Men on the Bummel, and Three Men on Wheels.

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Among writers, Jerome K. Jerome ranks 785 out of 7,302. Before him are Ninon de l'Enclos, Valerius Maximus, Otto of Freising, Achim von Arnim, N. F. S. Grundtvig, and Ben Jonson. After him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Gnaeus Naevius, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Tao Yuanming, Jan Potocki, and Edward Bernays.

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Among people born in 1859, Jerome K. Jerome ranks 19. Before him are Billy the Kid, Verner von Heidenstam, Sholem Aleichem, Alexandre Millerand, Jean Jaurès, and George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. After him are Pierre Janet, Hugo Junkers, Alexander Samsonov, Anna Ancher, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, and Venustiano Carranza. Among people deceased in 1927, Jerome K. Jerome ranks 13. Before him are Juan Gris, Albrecht Kossel, Gaston Leroux, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Hugo Ball, and Andranik. After him are Georg Brandes, Kang Youwei, Paul Sérusier, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Michael Ancher, and Yusef of Morocco.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Jerome K. Jerome ranks 747 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), John Russell Hind (1823), C. P. Snow (1905), Alfonso de Portago (1928), Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), and Ben Jonson (1572). After him are William Kidd (1645), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Ray Stevenson (1964), Richard Griffiths (1947), John Smith (1580), and Steve Howe (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Jerome K. Jerome ranks 79. Before him are John le Carré (1931), Edgar Wallace (1875), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), William Beckford (1760), Henry Fielding (1707), and Ben Jonson (1572). After him are Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), John Bunyan (1628), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Julian Barnes (1946), Douglas Adams (1952), and James May (1963).

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