| Edward
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| Nationality - English |
Profession - Author & Illustrator |
| Date of birth - 12 May 1812
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Date of death - 1888 |
| Place of birth
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Edward Lear, born 1812 was a famous English humorist and artist, although he began his career at age 19 as a draftsman for the London Zoological Society. The paintings of birds he produced in 1832 were among the first colour plates of animals ever published in Great Britain.
He was the twentieth of twenty-one children, in a family that had hit hard times, and was raised and educated by his eldest sister.
While working as draftsman, Lear was noticed by Lord Stanley. Impressed by his talent, Stanley commissioned him to draw the animals in his private menagerie.
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Lear spent five years as part of the household, the head of which was Stanley's father, the 13th Earl of Derby; it was here that Lear began writing and illustrating nonsense rhymes and limericks for the Earl's grandchildren.
In 1846 Lear published "A Book of Nonsense" under a pseudonym: his own name appeared only on the third edition in 1861.
Lear travelled widely, and spent time in Sicily, the Sinai Desert, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Malta, Corsica and Corfu. He eventually settled at San Remo, Italy, where he lived until his death in 1888. |
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