The Complete Works of Artemus Ward - Part 3

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. 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. Browne was born in Waterford Maine. He began his career as a compositor and occasional contributor to the daily and weekly journals. In 1858 in The Plain Dealer newspaper (Cleveland Ohio) he published the first of the Artemus Ward series which in collected form achieved great popularity in both America and England.