Gelett Burgess (1866 - 1951)

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Burgess, Gelett b. Jan. 30, 1866, Boston, Mass., U.S. d. Sept. 17, 1951, Carmel, Calif. in full FRANK GELETT BURGESS, American humorist and illustrator, best known for a single, early, whimsical quatrain: [The Purple Cow] Burgess was educated as an engineer and worked briefly for a railroad in that capacity. Between 1891 and 1894 he taught topographical drawing at the University of California. In 1895 Burgess became the founding editor of Lark, a humour magazine, and in 1897 he b.. Continue..

Some of Gelett Burgess Poems

A Woman's Reason

An Alphabet of Famous Goops

Floorless Room, The

The Lazy Roof

My Feet

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	If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.

- Gelett Burgess

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