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Stephen Leacock was born on 30 December 1869 in Swanmore, [3] [4] a village near Southampton in southern England. He was the third of the eleven children born to (Walter) Peter Leacock (b.1834), who was born and grew up at Oak Hill on the Isle of Wight, an estate that his grandfather had purchased after returning from Madeira where his family had made a fortune out of plantations and Leacock's ...
The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, also known as the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour or just the Leacock Medal, is an annual Canadian literary award presented for the best book of humour written in English by a Canadian writer, published or self-published in the previous year. [1] The silver medal, designed by sculptor Emanuel Hahn ...
Stuart McLean. Andrew Stuart McLean, OC (April 19, 1948 – February 15, 2017) was a Canadian radio broadcaster, humorist, monologist, and author, best known as the host of the CBC Radio program The Vinyl Cafe. [1] Often described as a "story-telling comic" although his stories addressed both humorous and serious themes, [2] he was known for ...
ISBN. 0-14-027743-9 (paperback) Preceded by. When We Were Young: A Collection of Canadian Stories. Followed by. Vinyl Cafe Unplugged. Home from the Vinyl Cafe (1998) is Stuart McLean 's second volume of stories that first aired on the CBC Radio program The Vinyl Cafe. It was the winner of the 1999 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour.
Thursday’s data, coupled with a cooling but resilient labor market, is an encouraging sign that the Fed will be able to fulfill its dual mandate and begin easing sky-high rates in September. The ...
Gary Barwin. Donald Bell (writer) Pierre Berton. Earle Birney. Arthur Black (humorist) Marsha Boulton. Harry J. Boyle. Max Braithwaite.
Dave Loggins, a singer-songwriter who had a memorable chart-topper with “Please Come to Boston” in 1974, died Wednesday at Alive Hospice in Nashville. He was 76; no cause of death was given.
Boatyard Historic District. December 12, 1973. ( #73001785) Southwest of Kingsport on the Holston River and the South Fork of the Holston River. 36°33′02″N 82°36′17″W. / 36.550556°N 82.604722°W / 36.550556; -82.604722 ( Boatyard Historic District) Kingsport. 5. Boone Hydroelectric Project.