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Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist. He was born on \(2\) May \(1859\) in England as the fourth child of Marguerite Jones and Jerome Clapp. His father renamed himself as Jerome Clapp Jerome before Jerome was born. When the writer was born, he was given the name Jerome Clapp Jerome. Later, his middle name was changed into Klapka.  
Jerome K Jerome is famous for his comic travelogue "Three Men in a Boat" (\(1889\)). It was also known as "To Say Nothing of the Dog". It is claimed that the book became an instant success and has never been out of print. Due to the work's success, Jerome wrote a sequel titled "Three Men on the Bummel" (\(1900\)) eleven years after the first work was published.
Jerome has numerous works to his credits. He had written and published several collections of essays, novels, short stories, and plays. Some of his other works are the collections of essays known as "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" (\(1886\)) and "Seco

Jerome K. Jerome

English writer and humorist (1859–1927)

Jerome K. Jerome

Photograph of Jerome published in the 1890s

BornJerome Clapp Jerome
(1859-05-02)2 May 1859
Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Died14 June 1927(1927-06-14) (aged 68)
Northampton, England
Resting placeSt Mary's Church, Ewelme, Oxfordshire
OccupationAuthor, playwright, editor
GenreHumour
Spouse

Georgina Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley Marris

(m. 1888)​

Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogueThree Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a young man trying to earn a living in various occupations. In his twent

Jerome K Jerome

Writer and humorist. Lived in Marlow for some years. Ashes buried at St.Mary’s Church, Ewelme, near Wallingford.

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Lived in Marlow for some years. Ashes buried at St.Mary’s Church, Ewelme, near Wallingford.

Born

2nd May 1859

Died

14th June 1927

Biography

Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, the fourth child of Jerome, an ironmonger, and Marguerite. He had two sisters, Paulina and Blandina, and a brother Milton, who died at an early age. Due to bad investments in the local mining industry, the family incurred debts, and Jerome was brought up in poverty.

The death of both his parents in 1872 when he was 13 forced the young Jerome to quit his studies and find work to support  himself. He was employed at theLondonand North Western Railway, initially collecting coal that fell along the railway, and remained there for four years. In 1877, he joined a repertory troupe, but after three years on the road with no evident success, decided he’d had enough of stage life and tried other occupations. Over the next few years he was

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