Beerbohm

American  

[beer-bohm] / ˈbɪər boʊm /

noun

1. Sir Max, 1872–1956, English essayist, critic, and caricaturist.

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Beerbohm British  

/ ˈbɪəbəʊm /

noun

1. Sir ( Henry ) Max ( imilian ). 1872–1956, English critic, wit, and caricaturist, whose works include Zuleika Dobson (1911), a satire on Oxford undergraduates

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Beerbohm

A pugnacious character on the comic book scene for nearly 30 years, Mr. Beerbohm once summed up his career as “a hobby that got way out of hand.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

In 1898, Beerbohm wrote a column claiming, falsely, that a young male actor had died just before the play’s debut.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022

No wonder that the master of that subgenre, Max Beerbohm, esteemed Strachey so highly and spoke almost gushingly about the beauty of his prose.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2018

The lead was played by the marvelously named Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, an English stage actor known for playing Shakespearean roles with the mannered bombast common to Victorian productions.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2015

Mr. Beerbohm Tree, as Laroque, has been removed in the custody of an old officer, in a uniform produced by Messrs. Nathan, from a sketch by "Karl."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 by Various