101. Edward Lear - Living With Epilepsy Edward Lear Edward Lear. 1812 1888. Edward Lear was born in London, the twentiethchild of a stockbroker. Although the family was initially wealthy, http://www.charge.org.uk/htmlsite/lear.shtml

LEAR BANNE Charge Home About Epilepsy Brain Activity Seizures -What to do Personal Experiences Van Gogh Edward Lear Fyodor Dostoevsky Amanda Rapley-Redfern ... Contact Edward Lear Edward Lear was born in London, the twentieth child of a stockbroker. Although the family was initially wealthy, his father went bankrupt when he was three, and the family never regained its former wealth. When his father retired, Edward was cared for by his sister Anne. From the age of fourteen they shared rented rooms and she encouraged his natural talent for drawing and painting, and despite the fact that he had never received any formal artistic training, his work became well known.From the age of sixteen he was commissioned to produce illustrations of various kinds. Lears subjects included birds and landscapes. His chief work was small water-colours, thousands of which survive today. Edward Lear is mostly remembered not for his considerable talent as an artist but for his Nonsense Rhymes. He is credited with inventing the Limerick, which he wrote to amuse the children of his wealthy clients. As well as the Limericks he wrote other nonsense rhymes such as " The Owl and The Pussycat" and " The Jumblies" .

102. Literature And Place: Lear, Edward Lear, Edward. ( 1812 1888 ). Place. Extract. Margate. The depression to whichLear was subject throughout most of his life, despite the whimsical humour http://www.literatureandplace.org.uk/database/en/author/Lear Edward

Literature and Place About Interreg Webstats Main Map ... Place Index Lear, Edward Place Extract Margate The depression to which Lear was subject throughout most of his life, despite the whimsical humour of his poetry, may have been partly due to the epileptic attacks which gave him a sense of isolation... Database Credits PHP/Perl:James Wilson, Christian Jacobsen; Webdesign:Antony Barron; Graphics: Paul Haine

103. Literature And Place: Lear Edward - Margate Lear, Edward. (1812 1888). Information. The depression to which Lear was subjectthroughout most of his life, despite the whimsical humour of his poetry, http://www.literatureandplace.org.uk/database/en/entries/Lear Edward /Margate/13

Literature and Place About Interreg Webstats Main Map ... Place Index Lear, Edward Information The depression to which Lear was subject throughout most of his life, despite the whimsical humour of his poetry, may have been partly due to the epileptic attacks which gave him a sense of isolation. As a young child he was sent to Margate for a course of exercises and spa water as a treatment for his epilepsy. Quotations Place Extract Margate The depression to which Lear was subject throughout most of his life, despite the whimsical humour of his poetry, may have been partly due to the epileptic attacks which gave him a sense of isolation... Database Credits PHP/Perl:James Wilson, Christian Jacobsen; Webdesign:Antony Barron; Graphics: Paul Haine

104. Constantly Risking Absurdity Edward Lear (1812 1888). Edward Lear is one of mine, and my children s, favouritepoets, and this is our favourite of his. Recent Entries. The Jumblies http://blue.carisenda.com/archives/cat_edward_lear.html

The Jumblies Category: Edward Lear I They went to sea in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they went to sea: In spite of all their friends could say, On a winter's morn, on a stormy day, In a Sieve they went to sea! And when the Sieve turned round and round, And every one cried, 'You'll all be drowned!' They called aloud, 'Our Sieve ain't big, But we don't care a button! we don't care a fig! In a Sieve we'll go to sea!' Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve. II They sailed away in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they sailed so fast, With only a beautiful pea-green veil Tied with a riband by way of a sail, To a small tobacco-pipe mast; And every one said, who saw them go, 'O won't they be soon upset, you know! For the sky is dark, and the voyage is long, And happen what may, it's extremely wrong In a Sieve to sail so fast!' Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;

105. Edward Lear Edward Lear Edward Lear (1812 1888) was an artist and writer, well known forhis nonsensical poetry and limericks, which he popularised. http://www.abacci.com/books/authorDetails.asp?authorID=166

106. Edward Lear - Poems And Biography By PoetryConnection.net Edward Lear (1812 1888). Edward Lear (12 May 1812 - 29 January 1888) was aBritish artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Edward_Lear

Poem of the Day Top 30 Poets Shopping ... Comments Today, on September 10th, 2005, the site contains 150 poets , 8361 poems and 1778 comments Biography of Edward Lear Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) Edward Lear (12 May 1812 - 29 January 1888) was a British artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularised. He was born in Highgate, a suburb of London, the 20th child of his parents and raised by his eldest sister, Ann, twenty-one years his senior. At the age of fifteen, he and his sister had to leave the family home and set up house together. He started work as a serious illustrator and his first publication, at the age of 19, was Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots in 1830. His paintings were well received and he was favorably compared with Audubon. Throughout his life he continued to paint seriously. He had a lifelong ambition to illustrate Tennyson's poems; near the end of his life a volume with a small number of illustrations was published, but his vision for the work was never realised. He did not keep good health. From the age of seven until the time of his death he suffered frequent grand mal epileptic seizures, as well as bronchitis, asthma, and in later life, partial blindness.

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