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Stephen Leacock

1869 - 1944

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Stephen Butler Leacock (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Leacock is the 5,623rd most popular writer (up from 5,876th in 2019), the 4,559th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,671st in 2019) and the 494th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Stephen Leacock ranks 5,623 out of 7,302. Before him are Nirmal Verma, Sam Houser, Henry Lincoln, Kenneth Copeland, Martin Litchfield West, and Jean-Jacques Schuhl. After him are Blas de Otero, Steven Pressfield, Josip Jurčič, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Elvira Lindo, and Sándor Kisfaludy.

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Among people born in 1869, Stephen Leacock ranks 143. Before him are Robert W. Paul, Joshua Pim, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Zaida Ben-Yusuf, William Murrill, and Albert Engström. After him are Bill Haywood, Booth Tarkington, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Harry Stafford, Charley Grapewin, and Mehmet Emin Yurdakul. Among people deceased in 1944, Stephen Leacock ranks 284. Before him are Perry McGillivray, Kang Kyeong-ae, Hermann Hansen, Endre Steiner, Grigore Antipa, and Frank Knox. After him are Victor Basch, Michael Pedersen Friis, George Clausen, Emine Semiye Önasya, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, and Walter Middelberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Leacock ranks 4,560 out of 8,785. Before him are Sam Houser (1972), David Jason (1940), Henry Lincoln (1930), A. V. Dicey (1835), Martin Litchfield West (1937), and Samantha Morton (1977). After him are George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Doug Sampson (1957), Eddie Colman (1936), Jimmy Hogan (1882), John Urry (1946), and Peter R. Hunt (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Stephen Leacock ranks 494. Before him are Robert Herrick (1591), Thomas Linacre (1460), William Martin Leake (1777), Sam Houser (1972), Henry Lincoln (1930), and Martin Litchfield West (1937). After him are Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), John Braine (1922), Ann Cleeves (1954), Jonathan Coe (1961), John Masefield (1878), and Charles Montagu Doughty (1843).

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