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Learn moreE. Clerihew Bentley is credited with the invention of the ‘clerihew’, or humorous verse aphorism, on biographical subjects.
This collection, which was illustrated by G. K Chesterton, contains thirty-nine irregular quatrains on historical and contemporary celebrities, starting with Sir Christopher Wren and concluding with the publisher, T. Werner Laurie.
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956) was an English novelist and writer of humorous verse,
Denis Daly is an audiobook narrator and codirector of Voices of Today, an Australian spoken word production house.