Bert Leston Taylor Quotes
A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.
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Birth: | 13th November, 1866 |
Death: | 19th March, 1921 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Columnist, Humorist, Poet |
Bert Leston Taylor was born in Goshen, Massachusetts. He was an American columnist, humorist, poet, and author. He became a journalist at seventeen, a librettist at twenty-one, and a successfully published author at thirty-five. At the height of his literary career, he was a central literary figure of the early 20th century Chicago renaissance as well as one of the most celebrated columnists in the United States.
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