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Charles Farrar Browne (April 26, 1834 – March 6, 1867) 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.
The lecture circuit hosted the US's precursory stand-up comedians, with humorists like Artemus Ward and Mark Twain. [5] [6] [7] Twain prepared, rehearsed, revised and adapted his material for his popular humorous presentations. [8] [9]
Artemus Ward (1834–1867), pen name of Charles Farrar Browne, American humor writer; Statue of Artemas Ward, a 1936 statue in Ward Circle, Washington, D.C. SS Artemas Ward, a U.S. Liberty ship used in World War II
Artemus Gordon, a character on the TV series The Wild Wild West; Artemus Libbey (1823–1894), Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court; Artemus Ogletree (died 1935), American victim of an unsolved murder; Artemus Ward (1834–1867), American humorist; Artemus E. Weatherbee (1918–1995), U.S. Department of the Treasury official
Ward wants people to know that it's OK to take control of their life, no matter where they started from. "It's scary to forge your own path, but it's the only way that you're going to be happy. It ...
April 26 – Charles Farrar Browne ("Artemus Ward"), humorist (died 1867) June 22 – William Chester Minor, Ceylonese-born surgeon and lexicographer (died 1920) June 24 – George Arnold, writer and poet (died 1865) June 28 – Samuel Pasco, British-born U.S. Senator from Florida from 1887 to 1899 (died 1917)
Former "Boy Meets World" star Maitland Ward is opening up about her "authentic journey" into porn. The actress, who starred on the ABC sitcom as Rachel McGuire from 1998 until 2000, was ...
Ward, born May 28, 1848, was the great-grandson and namesake of Artemas Ward, a major general during the American Revolutionary War. Ward's first position was in 1863 with the New York State Soldiers’ Depot. Later, Ward moved to Philadelphia, entering the Cuban export and import business, and next founded and published the Philadelphia Grocer.