- E. H. Shepard
Ernest Howard Shepard (December 10 1879 - March 24 1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He was known especially for his human-like animals in illustrations for "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame and "Winnie-the-Pooh" by A. A. Milne. Shepard was born in St. John's Wood, London. He served in the Army during World War I, winning the Military Cross for bravery in the field. - Frank Reynolds
Frank Reynolds (London, 1876 - April 1953) was a British artist. Son of an artist, he studied at Heatherley's School of Art. Reynolds had a drawing called "A provincial theatre company on tour" published in The Graphic on 30 November 1901. In 1906 he began contributing to Punch Magazine and was regularly published within its pages during World War I. He was well known for his many illustrations in several books by Charles Dickens, including David Copperfield (c1911), … - Graham Laidler
(Gavin) Graham Laidler (1908-1940) was born on 4 July 1908 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England at 6 Osborne Road, Jesmond. His father died when Laidler was 13 and the family moved south, eventually settling in Jordans, Buckinghamshire. Laidler had always intended becoming a cartoonist, but as a result of family pressure he enrolled at the London School of Architecture in 1926. After a serious kidney ailment, he concentrated on his cartoons. - Fougasse
Fougasse was the pen name of Cyril Kenneth Bird CBE, one of the greatest British cartoonists of the 20th century. He was born in London on 17 December 1887 and died there on 11 June 1965. He was seriously injured at the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I and invalided out of the British Army (his pen name is based on the fougasse, a type of mine). He first contributed to "Punch" in 1916, while convalescing, … - John McCrae
Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (November 30, 1872 - January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist, soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". - John Tenniel
Sir John Tenniel (February 28, 1820 - February 25, 1914) was an English illustrator. He drew many topical cartoons and caricatures for "Punch" in the late 19th century, including the iconic "dropping the pilot", but is best remembered today for his illustrations in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass". He was born in London and educated himself for his career, although he became a probationer, and then a student, … - Alan Coren
Alan Coren (born 27 June 1938,, London) is a British writer and satirist. Coren attended Wadham College, Oxford, Yale University and University of California, Berkeley. He is a regular panellist on "The News Quiz" and "Call My Bluff" and writes both his own and the "Notebook" columns for "The Times". Coren was editor of "Punch" from 1978 to 1987, and of "The Listener" from 1987 to 1989, … - Richard Doyle
Richard "Dickie" Doyle (September 1824 - December 11, 1883) was a notable Victorian illustrator. His work frequently appeared, amongst other places, in Punch magazine; he drew the cover of the first issue, and designed the magazine's masthead, a design that was used for over a century. The son of John Doyle (known as 'H.B'), a noted political caricaturist, he had two brothers James and Charles, who were also both artists. - Henry Mayhew
Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 - 25th July 1887) was an English social researcher, journalist, playwright and advocate of reform. He was one of the two founders of the satirical and humorous magazine "Punch", and the magazine's joint-editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days. He is better known, however, for his work as a social researcher, publishing an extensive series of newspaper articles in the "Morning Chronicle", … - Mark Lemon
Mark Lemon (November 30, 1809 - May 23, 1870) was the editor of "Punch", born in London, England. He had a natural talent for journalism and the stage, and, at twenty-six, retired from less congenial business to devote himself to the writing of plays. More than sixty of his melodramas, operettas and comedies were produced in London. At the same time he contributed to a variety of magazines and newspapers, and founded and edited the "Field". - Mohamed Al-Fayed
Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed state he is not entitled. Fayed is the owner of Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, the English Premiership football team Fulham Football Club and other business interests. He re-launched "Punch" in 1996, only to see it fold again in 2002. He is married to Finnish socialite and former model Heini Wathén, and has four living children: Jasmine, Karim, Camilla and Omar. - Ronald Searle
Ronald William Fordham Searle (born March 3, 1920) is an English cartoonist. Searle trained at Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, currently known as Anglia Ruskin University. He is the creator of, among other things, St Trinian's School and co-author (with Geoffrey Willans) of the Molesworth tetralogy. He was born in Cambridge, to parents Willie and Nellie (his father was a porter at Cambridge Railway Station), … - Miles Kington
Miles Kington (born 1941) is a British journalist, jazz musician and broadcaster. He was born in Northern Ireland (where his father, a soldier, was then posted), went to school at Trinity College, Glenalmond, a boys' independent boarding school in Glenalmond, Scotland. The school has since been renamed Glenalmond College. He then studied Modern Languages at Trinity College, Oxford. He began his career at the now defunct satirical magazine "Punch", … - Quentin Blake
Quentin Blake was born in 1932 and he has drawn ever since he can remember. His first drawing was published in a magazine for adults called 'Punch' when he was only 16. Later, he went to Downing College, Cambridge where he read English and after that he did a training course to teach at the University of London. This was followed by a part-time course at Chelsea Art School. - Norman Thelwell
Norman Thelwell (3 May 1923 - 7 February 2004) was an English cartoonist well-known for his humorous illustrations of ponies and horses. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, as a promising young student from Liverpool School of Art, he soon became a contributor to the satirical magazine "Punch" in the 1950s, and earned many lasting devotees by illustrating "Chicko" in the British boys' comic "Eagle". - Tom Taylor
Tom Taylor (October 19, 1817 - July 12, 1880) was a dramatist and editor of Punch magazine. He was born at Bishopwearmouth, near Sunderland, in north-east England. After attending school there, and studying for two sessions at the University of Glasgow, he entered Trinity College at Cambridge University in 1837. Taylor began his working life as a journalist. Soon after moving to London, Taylor wrote for the "Morning Chronicle" and the "Daily News". - Michael Heath
Michael John Heath is a prolific British strip and political cartoonist, and illustrator. He was born in 1935; his father, George Heath, was also a cartoonist (of comic strips). His work has appeared in London publications including "Punch", "Lilliput", the "Evening Standard", the "Evening News", the "Guardian", the "Spectator", the "Independent", the "Sunday Times", the "Mail on Sunday", … - Shirley Brooks
Charles William Shirley Brooks (1816 - 1874), journalist and novelist, born in London, began life in a solicitor's office. He early, however, took to literature, and contributed to various periodicals. In 1851 he joined the staff of "Punch", to which he contributed "Essence of Parliament," and on the death of Mark Lemon in 1870 he succeeded him as editor. He published a few novels, including "Aspen Court" and "The Gordian Knot". - Keith Waterhouse
Keith Waterhouse (born 6 February 1929 in Leeds, England) is a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series. In February 2004 he was voted Britain's most admired contemporary columnist by the British Journalism Review. His credits, many with life-long friend and collaborator Willis Hall, include satires such as "That Was The Week That Was", "BBC-3" and "The Frost Report" during the early 1960s, … - Ralph Steadman
Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British cartoonist and caricaturist. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and brought up in Towyn, North Wales, Steadman attended Ysgol Emrys Ap Iwan (high school), Abergele, East Ham Technical College and the London College of Printing and Graphic Arts during the 1960s, doing freelance work for "Punch, Private Eye," the "Daily Telegraph," the "New York Times" and "Rolling Stone" during this time. - Owen Seaman
Sir Owen Seaman (September 18, 1861 - February 2, 1936) was a British writer, journalist and poet. He is best known as editor of "Punch", from 1906 to 1932. Born in Shrewsbury, he was the only son of William Mantle Seaman and Sarah Ann Balls. He distinguished himself academically both at Shrewsbury School and later Clare College, Cambridge. Following this, he worked as a schoolmaster at Rossall School (1884), professor of literature at Durham College of Science, … - W. C. Sellar
Walter Carruthers Sellar (December 27, 1898 - June 11, 1951) was a Scottish humourist who wrote for "Punch". He is best known for the book "1066 and All That" (1930), a tongue-in-cheek guide to "all the history you can remember", which he wrote together with R. J. Yeatman. - R. J. Yeatman
Robert Julian Yeatman (July 15, 1897 - July 13, 1968) was a British humorist who wrote for "Punch". He is best known for the book "1066 and All That" (1930, ISBN 0-413-77270-5), a tongue-in-cheek guide to "all the history you can remember", which he wrote with W. C. Sellar. He was born in Oporto, the principal city and port of northern Portugal, where his father was a wine merchant, a family business connected with Taylor's Port. - Rod McKie
Rod McKie (Roderick McKie), is a full-time professional cartoonist residing in the UK. He began drawing gag cartoons for Britain's national press whilst still at school. In the early 1980s he became one of "Punch" magazine's youngest cartoonists. In the same year he created, drew and wrote, the comic character Skid Kidd for IPC's "Buster" comic. McKie made it clear from the start that he wanted the character, … - E. V. Knox
Edmund George Valpy Knox (May 10, 1881 - January 2, 1971), was a poet and satirist who wrote under the pseudonym Evoe. He was editor of "Punch" 1932-1949, having been a regular contributor in verse and prose for many years. He was son of Edmund Arbuthnott Knox. He was brother of priest and author Ronald Knox and of codebreaker Dilly Knox. His first marriage was in 1912 to Christina Frances Hicks, born 1885. - Edward Linley Sambourne
Edward Linley Sambourne (January 4,1844-August 3,1910) was a cartoonist for "Punch". He was born in Pentonville, London, the son of Edward Moot Sambourne. His middle name of Linley comes from his mother's maiden name, Frances Linley. At the age of sixteen, he attended the school of art in South Kensington for a short time, but then left and began working for John Penn & Sons, an engineering firm in Greenwich. - Eleanor Farjeon
Eleanor Farjeon (February 13, 1881 - June 5, 1965) was an English author of stories and poems. Her father, Benjamin Farjeon, a writer of popular novels, encouraged her writing from the age of five; at eighteen she wrote the libretto for an operetta, "Floretta", to music by her older brother Harry, who later became a respected composer and teacher of music. Often written under a pseudonym, her poems appeared in "The Herald" (Tomfool), "Punch", … - Sheridan Morley
Sheridan Morley was an English author, biographer, critic, director, actor and broadcaster. He was the eldest son of actor Robert Morley and grandson of actress Dame Gladys Cooper, and wrote biographies of both. Nicholas Kenyon called him a "cultural omnivore" who was "genuinely popular with people". - Francis Burnand
Sir Francis Cowley Burnand (November 29, 1836 - April 21, 1917), often credited as F. C. Burnand, was an editor of "Punch", taking over from Tom Taylor in 1880, until 1906, when he was succeeded by Sir Owen Seaman. He was also a prolific humorist and writer, creating almost 200 burlesques, farces, pantomimes and other works. He was knighted in 1902. - Martin Honeysett
Martin Honeysett (born in 1943 in Hereford, England) is an cartoonist and illustrator. After studying at Croydon School of Art, he worked briefly in a London animation studio, and then spent several years abroad both in New Zealand as a lumberjack and in Canada before returning to England to work as a bus-driver for London Transport. He sold his first cartoon to the "Daily Mirror" in 1969 and has since contributed to "Punch", "Private Eye", … - E. V. Lucas
Edward Verrall Lucas was a versatile and popular English writer of nearly 100 books. His style has great facility, and is generally found insipid by contemporary readers; some of his cricket writing has lasted. He is now remembered for his essays and books about London and travel, appearing in many editions, and his biography of Charles Lamb. He was a close friend of Edwin Lutyens. He was born Eltham, Kent into a Quaker family, … - Michael Ffolkes
Michael ffolkes (sic, real name Michael Davies) (1925-1988) was a British illustrator and cartoonist most famous for his work on the Peter Simple column in "The Daily Telegraph". He also worked for "Punch" and "Playboy". As an illustrator, he was a prolific illustrator of children's books, in particular those of Roald Dahl. He also wrote and illustrated books of his own. - Brockbank
Russell Brockbank (1913-1979) was a Canadian-born cartoonist who spent much of his working life in the United Kingdom. He was actually born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He moved to England in 1929. Brockbank was best known for his motoring, motor racing and aviation cartoons. His work was published in numerous magazines and journals, including Lilliput, Motor and Punch. His association with Punch lasted over 30 years, and he was Art Editor from 1949 to 1960. - Willard R. Espy
Willard Richardson Espy (11 December 1910-20 February 1999) was a U.S. editor, philologist, writer, and poet. He is particularly remembered for his anthology of light verse and wordplay, "An Almanac of Words at Play", and its two sequels. His writing and poetry regularly appeared in "Punch", "Reader's Digest", and "Word Ways". - Leonard Raven-Hill
Leonard Raven-Hill was an English artist and illustrator. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and the Devon county school, and studied art at Lambeth and then in Paris under MM. Bougereau and Aimé Morot. He began to exhibit at the Salon in 1887, and in the Royal Academy in 1889. In 1893 he founded, with Arnold Golsworthy, the humorous and artistic monthly "The Butterfly" (1893-94, revived in 1899-1900). - Richard Gordon
Richard Gordon is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on September 15, 1921), an English surgeon and anaesthetist. As Richard Gordon, Ostlere has written several novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with "Doctor in the House", and their film, … - Russell Davies
Russell Davies was born in Barmouth, North Wales and currently presents a Sunday radio programme on BBC Radio 2 which spotlights popular song. He was awarded a first class degree at St John's College, Cambridge but soon abandoned his post-graduate studies in German literature when the opportunity arose to tour with the Cambridge Footlights revue. As a journalist, Davies worked as a film and television critic for "The Observer" and "The Sunday Times", … - Charles Farrar Browne
Charles Farrar Browne, (April 23, 1834 - March 6, 1867) was a United States humorous writer, best known under his "nom de plume" of Artemus Ward. At birth, his surname was "Brown", he added the "e" after he became famous. Browne was born in Waterford, Maine. He began life as a compositor and occasional contributor to the daily and weekly journals. In 1858 he published in the Cleveland "Plaindealer" the first of the "Artemus Ward" series, … - André François
André François was a French cartoonist. He was born to a Hungarian Jewish family in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Timişoara, Romania), He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (1932-33). he moved to Paris in 1934 and entered to the atelier of the famous poster artist Adolphe Cassandre (1935-36). He became a French citizen in 1939. He worked as a painter, sculptor and graphic designer, but is best remembered for his cartoons, … - Michael Bywater
Michael Bywater is a British writer and broadcaster. He was at school at Nottingham High School. He has been a long-running columnist for "The Independent on Sunday", an early futurist for "The Observer", spent ten years on the staff of "Punch", where he wrote the Bargepole column, as well as having written regularly for "The Times", been a contributing editor to "Cosmopolitan" and "Woman's Journal".
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