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British artist, poet and writer (1812–1888)
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense
Edward_Lear
Form of poetry
ones are shorter and share a different rhyme. It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century, although he did not use the term. From a folkloric
Limerick_(poetry)
Genre of literature
sources. Though not the first to write this hybrid kind of nonsense, Edward Lear developed and popularized it in his many limericks (starting with A Book
Literary_nonsense
Topics referred to by the same term
of Britain Lear (play), a 1971 Edward Bond play Lear (opera), a 1978 opera by Aribert Reimann The Last Lear, a 2007 Indian play The Lears, a 2017 American
Lear
Nonsense word created by Edward Lear
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Runcible" is a pseudoword invented by Edward Lear. The word appears (as an adjective) several times in his works, most
Runcible
Form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning
English writers in the 19th century, most notably Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. The humour in surreal comedy arises from a subversion of audience expectations
Surreal_humour
British actress
musical play, The Owl and the Pussycat Went To See, based on the works of Edward Lear. In 2005 and 2008, she appeared in numerous episodes of the BBC medical
Sheila_Ruskin
Nonsense poem by Edward Lear
nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1870 in the American magazine Our Young Folks and again the following year in Lear's own book Nonsense
The_Owl_and_the_Pussy-Cat
American actor
Phillip Edward Van Lear is an American actor. He is known for playing C.O. Louis Patterson on the Fox series Prison Break. Van Lear was born in Aurora
Phillip_Edward_Van_Lear
Easy-to-Read Stories (1969) Books that Arnold Lobel illustrated for Edward Lear: The Four Little Children Who Went Around the World (1968) The New Vestments
Arnold_Lobel_bibliography
American writer and illustrator (1925–2000)
as literary nonsense, the genre made most famous by Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. In response to being called gothic, he stated, "If you're doing nonsense
Edward_Gorey
many by Edward Lear and Franz Nadorp, and was donated to the British Museum in 1938 by Lt-Col C. Morley Knight. The family's friend Edward Lear referred
John_Knight_(Exmoor_pioneer)
Cat owned by Edward Lear
1873 – 26 November 1887), formally named Aderphos, was the pet cat of Edward Lear, the 19th-century author, artist, illustrator and poet. A "stumpy-tailed"
Foss_(cat)
Play by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in late 1605 or early 1606. Set in pre-Roman Britain
King_Lear
Form of nonsense literature
Among writers in English noted for nonsense verse are Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Mervyn Peake, Edward Gorey, Colin West, Dr. Seuss, and Spike Milligan. The
Nonsense_verse
Form of literary device
a direct or oblique reference to a season. Limerick– Popularized by Edward Lear in his Book of Nonsense published in 1846, a limerick is considered the
Poetic_device
Nonsense verse poem by Edward Lear
"The Scroobious Pip" is a nonsense verse poem left unfinished by Edward Lear at the time of his death in 1888. The poem tells of a fanciful animal of
The_Scroobious_Pip
Group of snails
2013). "Escape to the Isles of Scilly". Wanderlust. Lear, Edward (1907). Letters of Edward Lear. T. Fisher Unwin. p. 165. Grindle, Simon (1964). The
Limpet
Municipality in Gjirokastër, Albania
along with Ioannina were Ali's headquarters. In 1847, the British writer Edward Lear visited the town and noted the devastated buildings. The name of Tepelene
Tepelenë
Children's book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
favourite books, due to its similarity in rhyming style to the works of Edward Lear, of which she was fond of as a child. On a smooth black rock by the docks
The_Snail_and_the_Whale
English actor, comedian and writer (1929–2005)
Nonsense by Edward Lear, penning punch lines of his own for each limerick. On the title page he wrote, "There was an old fossil named Lear, Whose verses
Ronnie_Barker
British barrister and judge (1823–1901)
was a close friend of the writer Edward Lear, who met him in Malta in 1849 and then toured southern Greece with him. Lear developed an infatuation for him
Franklin_Lushington
1832 book by Edward Lear
lithographs by Edward Lear. He produced 175 copies for sale to subscribers as a part-publication, which were later bound as a book. Lear started painting
Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots
Illustrations_of_the_Family_of_Psittacidae,_or_Parrots
Genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous
Macmillan Education UK. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-137-39219-0.[permanent dead link] Lear, Edward (2004-10-08). Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets. Buelens
Comedy
Classical Literature short books
born - W. B. Yeats 99. The Withered Arm - Thomas Hardy 100. Nonsense - Edward Lear 101. The Frogs - Aristophanes 102. Why I Am so Clever - Friedrich Nietzsche
Little_Black_Classics
British author and scholar (1832–1898)
Wullschläger, Jackie: Inventing Wonderland. ISBN 0-7432-2892-8. – Also looks at Edward Lear (of the "nonsense" verses), J. M. Barrie (Peter Pan), Kenneth Grahame
Lewis_Carroll
1959 poem by Spike Milligan
poll, ahead of other nonsense poems by poets such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. It has been set to music multiple times, notably for the ABC children's
On_the_Ning_Nang_Nong
Music genre
and psychedelia, as well as the work of authors such as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, C. S. Lewis, J. M. Barrie, Hilaire Belloc, Beatrix Potter, Charles Kingley
Toytown_pop
Species of bird in Brazil
ranching. Lear's macaw was named after the famous poet, Edward Lear, who was also an accomplished artist. In his teens in the early 1830s, Lear published
Lear's_macaw
Archaic form of the Latin-script letter s (ſ)
Three (1852–1855). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. opposite 217.. Edward Lear. Edward Lear Diaries, 1858–1888. Houghton Library, Harvard: MS Eng 797.3 (27)
Long_s
Area in London, England
Coronation Street, lived and grew up on Tollington Road in Holloway. Edward Lear (1812 – 1888), artist, illustrator, writer and poet; born and brought
Holloway,_London
English actress (born 1946)
1995, Kendal was one of the readers of Edward Lear poems on a spoken-word CD bringing together a collection of Lear's nonsense songs. Kendal's first marriage
Felicity_Kendal
Oil sketch by Ed Lear
Etna is a mid 19th century oil sketch by the British artist and poet Edward Lear. Done in oil on board, the work depicts Mount Etna and the surrounding
Catania_and_Mount_Etna
Greek island
the effect of all the sugary marble is such that the English artist Edward Lear, refers to the town fondly in his diary as "the old sparkly pile". The
Syros
Argentine writer and translator
Pizarnik, and the nineteenth-century British limerick and nonsense writer Edward Lear. He wrote a short book, Las tres fechas (The Three Dates), arguing for
César_Aira
Book written by John Gould and published in seven volumes
Bayfield's studio. Elizabeth produced 84 plates before she died in 1841, Edward Lear produced one, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins contributed one and the remaining
The Birds of Australia (Gould)
The_Birds_of_Australia_(Gould)
City in Calabria, Italy
devastation caused by the 1783 earthquake, the English traveller and painter Edward Lear remarked "Reggio is indeed one vast garden, and doubtless one of the
Reggio_Calabria
American comic book series
The Boy and the Wolf · The Fat Man of Bombay from Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear · Wee Willie Winkie by William Miller · The Animal World: The Sperm
Classics_Illustrated_Junior
1966 song by Igor Stravinsky
on the eponymous text by Edward Lear. It is Stravinsky's final completed original composition. Stravinsky had known Lear's poem prior to setting it as
The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Stravinsky)
The_Owl_and_the_Pussy_Cat_(Stravinsky)
English writer (1882–1956)
Jackie (2001) [1995]. Inventing Wonderland: The Lives of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J. M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, and A. A. Milne. London: Methuen.
A._A._Milne
English writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
romances of Sir Walter Scott. As a young child, before the age of eight, Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense, including the much-loved The Owl and the Pussycat
Beatrix_Potter
"Welcome to Carry On Line – home of the Carry On films". carryonline.com. Edward Lear at Open Plaques [1] at Open Plaques "BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque"
List_of_blue_plaques
Birdwatching competition
America) Thomas Bewick John Gould Lars Jonsson John Gerrard Keulemans Edward Lear Richard Lewington Roger Tory Peterson Henry Constantine Richter Joseph
Big_year
English ornithologist (1804–1881)
produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. Because
John_Gould
British actor
was one of the readers of Edward Lear poems on a specially made spoken word audio CD bringing together a collection of Lear's nonsense songs. Powell provided
Robert_Powell
English alphabet rhyme for children
works were created that took their beginning from the rhyme. In 1871 Edward Lear made fun of it in his nonsense parody "A was once an apple pie", which
Apple_Pie_ABC
British politician (1775–1851)
naturalist. He was the patron of the writer Edward Lear. He was the eldest child and only son and heir of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834)
Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby
Edward_Smith-Stanley,_13th_Earl_of_Derby
Williams (University of Cambridge) (20 July 2004). "Literary Encyclopedia | Edward Lear". Litencyc.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved
List of people with the most children
List_of_people_with_the_most_children
Species of bird
aviculture begins with two 1830 lithographs of live specimens in England by Edward Lear. Successful breeding in captivity began there during the early 20th century
Western_rosella
British artist
illustrations of various texts such as Aesop's Fables,The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear; and the Folio Society's Myths and Legends of the British Isles. He has
John_Vernon_Lord
English biographer and critic (born 1947)
critically-acclaimed biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell, William Hogarth, Thomas Bewick, Edward Lear and Gilbert White, as well as a group biography of the Lunar Society
Jenny_Uglow
Communication that lacks any coherent meaning
exponent is Edward Lear, author of The Owl and the Pussycat and hundreds of limericks. Nonsense verse is part of a long line of tradition predating Lear: the
Nonsense
Painting by William Holman Hunt
on the floor; the print of Frank Stone's Cross Purposes on the wall; Edward Lear's musical arrangement of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1847 poem "Tears, Idle
The_Awakening_Conscience
English actress (born 1941)
was one of the readers of Edward Lear poems on a specially made spoken word audio CD bringing together a collection of Lear's nonsense songs. List of Academy
Sarah_Miles
Play by Edward Bond
Lear is a 1971 three-act play by the British dramatist Edward Bond. It is a rewrite of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The play was first produced at
Lear_(play)
Hindu shrine and open crematorium
handles cremation Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 – 1903), The Last Voyage, 1884 Edward Lear (1812–1888) Cityscape, 1873 The history of the world; a survey of a man's
Manikarnika_Ghat
Traditional men's garment in the Balkans
in the Painting of Edward Lear (1848)". albanianart.net. Koço 2015, p. 17: "The closely observing eye of the painter Edward Lear, in his travels around
Fustanella
paintings. When this occurred, the artist (such as Giuseppe Calì or Edward Lear) is listed as the stamp designer, even though the stamp was issued years
Designers_of_Maltese_stamps
American screenwriter and producer (1922–2023)
Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who wrote and produced more than 100 television shows during
Norman_Lear
Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer (1946 – 2014)
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Stearns Eliot, John Keats, Robert Frost, Edward Lear and others. Born in Poznań, Poland on November 13, 1946, Barańczak was
Stanisław_Barańczak
Coastal region in South East India
utopia where "Houses are bleached with cheese and covered with cake". Edward Lear situates his nonsense poem The Yonghy Bonghy Bo by citing Coromandel
Coromandel_Coast
1845 German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann
Struwwelpeter, and a variety of characters from the works of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Jamie Rix said that the book inspired him to create Grizzly Tales for
Struwwelpeter
soleil levant) as viewed from his hotel room at Le Havre. November – Edward Lear acquires his cat Foss. date unknown William De Morgan sets up an art
1872_in_art
English animator and former politician
has travelled in Albania, Turkey, and Greece, drawing the views that Edward Lear first drew in 1848. His work is recorded in the Albanian Encyclopedia
Tim Wilson (British politician)
Tim_Wilson_(British_politician)
Clock tower in Tirana, Albania
the clock tower appears in two watercolor paintings by English artist Edward Lear on September 28, 1848. Albanologist Georg von Hahn described the tower
Tirana_Clock_Tower
English vocalist, lyricist, and artist
works in art exhibitions includes a contribution for Happy Birthday Edward Lear (2012) at the Poetry Café in London. Sweet Princess (2018, EP) Boundary
Florence_Shaw
Species of bird
Birds of Europe by John Gould. Remarkably, this artwork was produced by Edward Lear, a renowned 19th-century artist and poet best known for his nonsense
Dalmatian_pelican
1970–1971 British-American animated comedy television series
1970–1971 American animated comedy television series, based on the works of Edward Lear which aired on NBC. The animation was done at the Halas and Batchelor
The_Tomfoolery_Show
British actor and guitarist (1915–2001)
Parlophone R3692 "Details of the 45 rpm record of Elton Hayes' recordings of Edward Lear songs". 45cat.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011. "Elton Hayes". 1 February
Elton_Hayes
Founder of Swāt state
anything about him or Swat, and this unfamiliarity prompted the poet Edward Lear to write a nonsensical poem titled "Who, or why, or which, or what, Is
Saidu_Baba
Topics referred to by the same term
Foss (band), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band Foss (cat), the pet of Edward Lear Il-Foss, a football ground in Ħaż-Żabbar, Malta USS Foss (DE-59), a US
Foss
1995 travelogue by Paul Theroux
Joshua Hassan, bullfighting, Francisco Franco, tourism, Salvador Dalí, Edward Lear, the Bible, the Odyssey, James Joyce (in Trieste), Silvio Berlusconi
The Pillars of Hercules (book)
The_Pillars_of_Hercules_(book)
Specialist library at Princeton University Library
medieval manuscripts; scrapbooks from Hans Christian Andersen; drawings by Edward Lear, K.F.E. Freyhold, and Samuil Marshak; picture letters by Beatrix Potter;
Cotsen_Children's_Library
Nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll
Carroll's grave playfulness has been compared with that of the poet Edward Lear; there are also parallels with the work of Gerard Manley Hopkins in the
Jabberwocky
Band
vocals/rapper/poet). The name "Scroobius Pip" is an intentional misspelling of the Edward Lear poem "The Scroobious Pip". Dan le Sac originally hails from Corringham
Dan_le_Sac_vs_Scroobius_Pip
1994 studio album by Laurie Anderson
Boat" has additional lyrics from the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear (misspelled "Edwin" in the album's liner notes). Lou Reed co-wrote "In
Bright_Red
English philanthropist and abolitionist
1885–1900. The Backhouse Family. Joseph Foster. 1894 Edward Lear (2001). Edward Mendelson (ed.). Edward Lear. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 42. ISBN 0-8069-3077-2
John_Cropper
British stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director
Boat, a stand-up show which revolved around the deconstruction of the Edward Lear poem "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" and a tale of his own broken toilet
Stewart_Lee
Town in Berkshire, England
as the former site of the university had been sold for housing. 1872: Edward Lear made reference to Slough in More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc:
Slough
City in Albania
Ekskluzive (66): 73–76. Elsie, Robert (ed.). "Albania in the Painting of Edward Lear (1848)". albanianart.net. Pollo, Stefanaq (1984). Historia e Shqipërisë:
Gjirokastër
Village and Civil Parish in England
responsible for creating some of Knowsley's landscaped gardens in the 1770s. Edward Lear wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat" while staying at Knowsley Hall. From
Knowsley,_Merseyside
British writer and translator (1838–1931)
1860s Edward Lear attempted to marry Bethell (he proposed twice), whom he had known as an old friend. She was probably the only woman that Lear seriously
Augusta_Bethell
Residence used as a historic house museum in Mdina, Malta
exhibition Edward Lear: Watercolour and Words focused on the literary and artistic output of the British artist, poet and author Edward Lear, and was held
Palazzo_Falson
Clock tower in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
Ottoman rule (it does not feature, for example, in an 1848 painting by Edward Lear). The clock tower was constructed with massive stone blocks. The main
Clock_Tower_(Bitola)
February 2011) was a British biographer, editor and critic, an expert on Edward Lear and the literature of the First World War. She was a fellow of the Royal
Vivien_Noakes
belonging to Edward Lear; subject of many drawings, some published in The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat; inspired The Owl & the Pussycat; Lear buried Foss
List_of_individual_cats
Species of bird
depicted in 1831 by English artist Edward Lear in his Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots. Lear used the common name "uniform parakeet"
Antipodes_parakeet
American writer and illustrator of children's books
Juggler, adapted by Cooney, 1961 Le Hibou et La Poussiquette, poem by Edward Lear [1871], translation by Francis Steegmuller, 1961 Favorite Fairy Tales
Barbara_Cooney
1908 novel by G. K. Chesterton
before our eyes, the nonsense-fantastical tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear pivots and becomes the nightmare-fantastical tradition of Kafka and Borges
The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday
City in Albania
Historisë, 1967, pp. 48–49 Elsie, Robert (ed.). "Albania in the Painting of Edward Lear (1848)". albanianart.net. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020
Krujë
eds. (1989). The annotated "Black Beauty". "A Chronology of Edward Lear's Life". Edward Lear Home Page. nonsenselit.org. 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2017-02-24
1877_in_literature
Glitter Edward Gibbon Hughie Green Richard Hammond Alexander Hewat Anne Hegerty Tom Hiddleston Ruth Hubbard Christian Jessen Belinda Lang Edward Lear Dua
List of people from the City of Westminster
List_of_people_from_the_City_of_Westminster
Ancient hilltop fortification in Israel
unknown catastrophe. The site of Masada was identified in 1838 by Americans Edward Robinson and Eli Smith, and in 1842, American missionary Samuel W. Wolcott
Masada
These include: James Orchard Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes of England (1842), Edward Rimbault's Nursery Rhymes (1846), and The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
List_of_nursery_rhymes
includes "Law, say the gardeners, is the sun", "Oxford", "A. E. Housman", "Edward Lear", "Herman Melville", "The Capital", "Voltaire at Ferney", "Orpheus",
Another_Time_(book)
Fifth-largest city in Albania
Elsie, Robert (ed.). "Albania in the Painting of Edward Lear (1848)". albanianart.net. "Gjush Sheldija (1902 - 1976) Kryeipeshkvia
Shkodër
Calendar year
provider (d. 1878) May 7 – Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889) May 12 – Edward Lear, English artist, nonsense poet (d. 1888) May 27 – George K. Teulon, English-Texian
1812
English actor and playwright (born 1944)
(1968) co-written with Sheila Ruskin, based on the nonsense poetry of Edward Lear Meg and Mog (1981), adapted from Helen Nicoll's books about her characters
David_Wood_(actor)
of the North Wind, George MacDonald (1871) The Owl and the Pussy-cat, Edward Lear (1871) Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll (1871) A Flat Iron for
List of 19th-century British children's literature titles
List_of_19th-century_British_children's_literature_titles
Village in Berkshire, England
church. The story was turned into an opera in 1882 and a film in 1937. Edward Lear makes reference to Bray in More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc:
Bray,_Berkshire
EDWARD LEAR
EDWARD LEAR
Surname or Lastname
English (also common in Wales)
English (also common in Wales) : patronymic from Edward.One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England about 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Form of Edward; Guardian of Prosperity; Princess; Prosperous Guardian
Female
Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish Eduardo, EDUARDA means "guardian of prosperity."
Boy/Male
British, English, German, Italian
Form of Edward; Rich Guardian; Proctor of Wealth
Male
Scottish
Dialectal variant of Scottish Gaelic Eideard, EUDARD means "guardian of prosperity."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Danish/Norwegian HÃ¥vard, HAWARD means "high guard." This is an older form of modern English Howard.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Eduardus, EDOARDO means "guardian of prosperity."
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon American German English Shakespearean
Guardian.
Male
German
German form of Latin Eduardus, EDUARD means "guardian of prosperity."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Howard 1.
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of English Edward, EIDEARD means "guardian of prosperity."
Male
German
Frisian form of German Eckhard, EDZARD means "strong edge."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Edward, Old English Ēadward, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity’, ‘fortune’ + w(e)ard ‘guard’. The English personal name also became popular on the Continent as a result of the fame of the two canonized kings of England, Edward the Martyr (962–79) and Edward the Confessor (1004–66). They certainly contributed largely to its great popularity in England.
Male
French
French form of Anglo-Saxon Eádgár, EDGARD means "rich spear."
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Eduardus, EDUARDO means "guardian of prosperity."
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : derivative of Goff.English (East Anglia) : variant of Coward.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form (Haward) of Danish/Norwegian HÃ¥vard, HOWARD means "high guard."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Polish, Swedish
Wealthy Guardian; Guardian of Prosperity; Wealthy Defender; Blessed Guard; Wealthy Protector; Happy Guard; Rich Guard
Male
Scandinavian
Czech and Scandinavian form of Latin Eduardus, EDVARD means "guardian of prosperity."
Male
English
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Eadweard, EDWARD means "guardian of prosperity."Â
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