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3 unusual facts about Leacock


Leacock

Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) - Canadian economist, writer and humorist

Richard Leacock (1921) - Documentary filmmaker (Brother of Philip)

Raymond DeWalt

In 1924, he founded DeWALT Products Company in Leola, Pennsylvania, to manufacture and sell the “Wonder-Worker” (his name for the radial arm saw).


Bernard Braden Reads Stephen Leacock

Bernard Braden Reads Stephen Leacock is a spoken word record, performed by Bernard Braden, and was recorded in front of a live audience at the Oxford Union Society.

Ernie Leacock

Ernest Sidney "Ernie" Leacock (c. March 1906 - c. 1977) was a professional ice hockey defender who played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the North West Hockey League between 1927 and 1934 for the Victoria Cubs, Tacoma Tigers and Portland Buckaroos.

Georgina, Ontario

Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame member Whipper Billy Watson was a lifelong resident, and he spearheaded the campaign to build the Georgina Cultural Centre in the 1980s, which also houses the Stephen Leacock Theatre.

Glorianna Davenport

With the retirement of Leacock in 1987, Davenport joined the faculty and founded the Interactive cinema group.

Sybertooth

Some of the authors published by Sybertooth include Leacock medal winner Donald Jack, poet laureate of Sackville, NB Douglas Lochhead, K.V. Johansen, cartoonist Steven Appleby, Leacock medal winner and broadcaster Max Ferguson, Shelagh Rogers, Rae Bridgman, PG Wodehouse scholar Norman Murphy, and Paul Marlowe.


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