Oliver herford biography
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Oliver Herford
American poet
Oliver Herford (2 December – 5 July ) was an Anglo-American writer, artist, and illustrator known for his pithy bon mots and skewed sense of humor.
He was born in Sheffield, England on 2 December to Rev. Brooke Herford and Hannah Hankinson Herford. Oliver's father, a Unitarian minister, moved the family to Chicago in and Boston in Oliver attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, from to Later he studied art at the Slade School in London and the Académie Julien in Paris.
Oliver herford biography
Afterward, he moved to New York, where he lived until his death.
"Herford, regarded as the American Oscar Wilde, was known for his wit".[1] His sister Beatrice Herford was also a humorist, delivering comic monologues on stage.
To appeal to Christmas shoppers in , Ethel Mumford and Addison Mizner published a small book, printed in San Francisco, The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for , featuring a barbed epigram or aphorism for each week