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Also Known As Stephen Butler Leacock
Born December 30, 1869 • England
Died March 28, 1944 (aged 74) • Toronto • Canada
Notable Works “Literary Lapses” • “Nonsense Novels”

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Canadian author Stephen Leacock
Stephen B. Leacock, wearing a dark suit, tie, and bowler hat, stands outdoors and faces the camera in an undated black-and-white photograph.
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Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
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Canadian writer
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Canadian author
Robert W. Service
Robert W. Service
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C.S. Lewis
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Irish-born author and scholar
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff
Canadian political leader
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G.K. Chesterton
British author
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Arthur Ransome
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess
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Timothy Findley
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George Woodcock
Canadian writer
C. Day-Lewis, 1968.
C. Day-Lewis
British poet
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A.J.M. Smith
Canadian poet and anthologist
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Patrick Anderson
Canadian poet
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Geoffrey Grigson
British editor and poet
de la Roche, Mazo
Mazo de la Roche
Canadian author
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Frederick Philip Grove
Canadian novelist
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Tom MacInnes
Canadian writer
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Jay Macpherson
Canadian poet
Catharine Parr Traill
Catharine Parr Traill
Canadian author