Edmund Clerihew Bentley
/ˌedmənd ˌklerɪhjuː ˈbentli/
/ˌedmənd ˌklerɪhjuː ˈbentli/
- (1875-1956) an English journalist who wrote detective stories and invented a form of comic poem with four lines, now called a clerihew after his middle name. Clerihews are usually about well-known people. A typical example is: “John Stuart MillBy a mighty effort of willOvercame his natural bonhomieAnd wrote ‘Principles of Political Economy’.”