“I do not write for children, but for the child in all of us, whether he…” — Edward Lear

“I do not write for children, but for the child in all of us, whether he be of five, fifty, or seventy-five.”

Widely attributed to Lear, though a precise primary source is not securely established · Conversation or letter, as commonly attributed

Edward Lear

About Edward Lear

12 May 1812–29 January 1888

Edward Lear was born on 12 May 1812 at Holloway, then a semi-rural northern suburb of London, and died at San Remo, Italy, on 29 January 1888. He is now cherished as one of the great makers of English literary nonsense: the author of “The Owl and the Pussycat,” “The Jumblies,” “The Dong with a Luminous Nose,” and…

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