Shaw, Henry Wheeler (Josh Billings)
- Shaw, Henry Wheeler (Josh Billings)
(1818-1885)
Humorist, b. in Massachusetts. After working on steam-boats and farming, he became an auctioneer, and settled at Poughkeepsie. Stripped of the fantastic spelling by which he first succeeded in catching the public attention, the shrewd and droll maxims of his Farmers' Allminax have something in common with Franklin's Poor Richard. Other books with the same features are Josh Billings' Sayings, Everybody's Friend, Josh Billings' Trump Kards, etc.
Short biographical dictionary of English literature .
John W. Cousin.
2011.
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Josh Billings — noun United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818 1885) • Syn: ↑Shaw, ↑Henry Wheeler Shaw • Instance Hypernyms: ↑humorist, ↑humourist … Useful english dictionary
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Josh Billings — was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw (20 April 1818 – 14 October 1885). He was perhaps the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the second half of the 19th century after Mark Twain, although his… … Wikipedia
Josh Billings (disambiguation) — Josh Billings may refer to:* Josh Billings (1818 1885), the pen name of American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw * Josh Billings (baseball) (1892 1981), professional baseball player … Wikipedia
Henry Wheeler Shaw — noun United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818 1885) • Syn: ↑Shaw, ↑Josh Billings • Instance Hypernyms: ↑humorist, ↑humourist … Useful english dictionary
Josh Billings — stage name of humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Shaw — /shaw/, n. 1. Artie (Arthur Arshawsky), born 1910, U.S. clarinetist and bandleader. 2. George Bernard, 1856 1950, Irish dramatist, critic, and novelist: Nobel prize 1925. 3. Henry Wheeler. See Billings, Josh. 4. Irwin, 1913 84, U.S. dramatist and … Universalium
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