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Charles Farrar Browne

Charles Farrar Browne
Charles Farrar Browne, American author (d. 1867)

Charles Farrar Browne was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward, which as a character, an illiterate rube with "Yankee common sense", Browne also played in public performances. He is considered to be America's first stand-up comedian. His birth name was Brown but he added the "e" after he became famous.

26 April 1834

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