Jerome K. Jerome
English writer and humorist (1859-1927) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a young man trying to earn a living in various occupations. In his twenties, he was able to publish some work, and success followed. He married in 1888, and the honeymoon was spent on a boat on the Thames; he published Three Men in a Boat soon afterwards. He continued to write fiction, non-fiction and plays over the next few decades, though never with the same level of success.
Jerome K. Jerome | |
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Born | Jerome Clapp Jerome (1859-05-02)2 May 1859 Walsall, Staffordshire, England |
Died | 14 June 1927(1927-06-14) (aged 68) Northampton, England |
Resting place | St Mary's Church, Ewelme, Oxfordshire |
Occupation | Author, playwright, editor |
Genre | Humour |
Spouse |
Georgina Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley Marris
(m. 1888) |