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Biography

Name: Henry Wheeler Shaw
Variant Name: Josh Billings
Birth Date: April 21, 1818
Death Date: October 14, 1885
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of Henry Wheeler Shaw
2,639 words, approx. 9 pages
By the middle 1860s, when Mark Twain was still relatively unknown, Henry Wheeler Shaw (Josh Billings) had achieved national fame as one of the foremost literary comedians in America. He made his reputation as a coiner of clever aphorisms, a writer of...


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Josh Billings was the pen name of the American humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw (12 April 1818 - 14 October 1885). He was perhaps the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the 2nd half of the 19th century, after Mark...


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Josh Billings Information
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Josh Billings was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw (20 April, 1818 - 14 October, 1885). He was perhaps the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the second half of the 19th century after Mark Twain,...


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The Village Voice
Not joshing around
08/27/2003: 935 words, approx. 3 pages
You Mean Rouse, Right? No, I Mean Joplin. Maybe Ritter. But for Damn Sure Not Kelley. ROCK & ROLL & This column began when I caught Josh Rouse at the Bottom Line and was struck by the fact that he wasn't Josh...
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The Boston Globe
No Joshing It Was Ugly
04/05/2006: 983 words, approx. 3 pages
[PUBLISHED CORRECTION. DATE: Thursday, April 13, 2006: Correction : Because of a reporting error, a story about a Red Sox game against Texas in the April 5 Sports section gave an incorrect total of runs scored by Sox outfielder Coco Crisp. Crisp had scored...
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Today in History - Aug. 1
8/1/2007: 600 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2007. There are 152 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:One hundred years ago, on Aug. 1, 1907, the U.S. Air Force had its beginnings as the U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division...
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Today in history - Sept. 27
9/27/2007: 589 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Thursday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2007. There are 95 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 27, 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating...
 


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