Birthdate: May 12, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Holloway, Middlesex, England
Died: January 29, 1888
Edward Lear was a versatile English artist, illustrator, musician, author, and poet famous for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose, notably his popularization of limericks. He specialized in illustrations of birds and animals, produced colored drawings while traveling, and created illustrations for works by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Lear is celebrated for his nonsensical collections of poems, songs, stories, botanical drawings, recipes, alphabets, and musical settings of Tennyson’s poetry.
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