Stephen Leacock
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Stephen Leacock was a Canadian humorist, writer, and economist best known for his satirical stories and essays, particularly the collection "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town."
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Leacock canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | economics ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. George’s Churchyard, Sutton, Quebec, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1869-12-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1944-03-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Chicago
ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ |
| employer | McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
humorous fiction
ⓘ
political economy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
humour
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite | Stephen Leacock Museum National Historic Site in Orillia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonor | Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour named in his honour ⓘ |
| hasPartInCollection | Mariposa stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Canadian humour tradition
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Robertson Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Dickens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movedTo | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableAward | Royal Society of Canada Lorne Pierce Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
NERFINISHED
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Literary Lapses NERFINISHED ⓘ Nonsense Novels NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnowed Wisdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
ⓘ
humorist ⓘ professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Swanmore, Hampshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Toronto, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of the Department of Economics and Political Science at McGill University ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence | Orillia, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Beatrix Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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