Born: May 12, 1812
Highgate, England
Illustrator, Poet
Popular poems by Edward Lear
The Jumblies
The Owl And The Pussy-Cat
The Table And The Chair
The Two Old Bachelors
There Was An Old Person Of Nice
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear
The Akond of Swat
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
The Dong with a Luminous Nose
The Pobble Who Has No Toes
Edward Lear death: January 29, 1888; San Remo, Italy