Jerome

Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist best known for the comic travelogue *Three Men in a Boat* (1889). He also wrote essay collections such as *Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow* and the sequel *Three Men on the Bummel*.

Walsall, England May 2, 1859 Wikipedia
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