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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… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
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
Henry Shaw — may refer to:*Henry Shaw (botanist) (1800 ndash;1889), American botanist and philanthropist *Henry Marchmore Shaw (1819 ndash;1864), congressman from North Carolina *Henry Shaw (Massachusetts), congressman from Massachusetts *Josh Billings, the… … Wikipedia
Shaw (name) — Shaw is most commonly a surname and rarely a given name.*Clan Shaw an ancient Scottish clan, part of the Chattan Confederation and formerly a sept of Clan MacKintosh::The Clan Shaw motto is: Fide et fortitude. meaning For fidelity and fortitude.… … Wikipedia
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
Shaw [2] — Shaw (spr. schao, 1) Henry Wheeler, unter dem Pseudonym Josh Billing bekannter amerikan. Humorist, geb. 21. April 1818 in Lanesborough (Mass.), gest. 14. Okt. 1885 in Monterey (Kalifornien), gab, während er als Journalist in New York tätig war,… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Shaw — (spr. schah), Henry Wheeler, amerik. Humorist unter dem Pseudonym Josh Billings, geb. 24. April 1818 in Lanesborough (Massachusetts), gest. 14. Okt. 1885 in Monterey (Kalifornien); veröffentlichte: »Farmers Allimax« (1870 fg.), »Josh Billings on… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Shaw — [shô] 1. George Bernard 1856 1950; Brit. dramatist & critic, born in Ireland 2. Henry Wheeler see BILLINGS1 Josh 3. Thomas Edward see LAWRENCE2 T(homas) E(dward) … English World dictionary
Shaw Festival production history — The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America. Founded in 1962, its original mandate was to stimulate interest in G. Bernard Shaw and his… … Wikipedia
Henry A. Cooper — Henry Allen Cooper (* 8. September 1850 in Spring Prairie, Walworth County, Wisconsin; † 1. März 1931 in Washington D.C.) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1893 und 1919 sowie nochmals von 1921 bis 1931 vertrat er den … Deutsch Wikipedia
