Leacock

American

[lee-kok] / ˈli kɒk /

noun

Stephen (Butler), 1869–1944, Canadian humorist and economist.

Leacock British

/ ˈliːkɒk /

noun

Stephen Butler. 1869–1944, Canadian humorist and economist: his comic works include Literary Lapses (1910) and Frenzied Fiction (1917)

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"He wrote for eight hours almost every day," his friend Victoria Leacock once recalled.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2021

My favorite early-20th-century humor writer was Stephen Leacock, a joyful misanthrope who found much to lampoon in human behavior, particularly the overheated prose in Victorian drama.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021

In the late 1950s, Pennebaker formed the production company Drew Associates with the director Richard Leacock and the former Life magazine editor Robert Drew.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2019

Pennebaker and Richard Leacock left Drew Associates in 1963 to form their own production company.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2019

Fortunately, Professor Leacock produces a new book at the right moment.

From Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock

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