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thumb Edwin James Milliken (1839 Ireland – 26 August 1897), was a ''Punch'' editor, journalist, satirical humorist and poet. He is best known for his oft-quoted poem "''Death and his brother sleep''", notably quoted by Winston Churchill in the prelude to World War II when he felt that parliament was not taking the prospect of a war against Hitler seriously enough. He produced a series of comic poems published as ''The 'Arry Papers'' between 1874 and 1897. He worked as journalist on the ''London Figaro'' in 1872 and joined ''Punch'' in 1877. His creation of 'Arry, a bombastic Cockney, resulted in a successful series of poems which were hailed for their phonetic precision. Milliken described 'Arry as "really appalling. He is not a creature to be laughed at or with." In 1883 he published ''The Modern Ars Amandi''. Milliken's first association with ''Punch'' occurred on 2 January 1875 with a few lines entitled "A Voice from Venus", that planet's transit having just taken place. This was his first contribution and, since he was a newcomer, he was asked for an assurance that he was indeed the author. From then on his contributions were regular and he was welcomed to the staff in early 1877. Milliken was trained for, and spent the beginning of his career, with a large engineering firm. The literary world, though, was always his first love and his contributions to a few magazines and journals initially satisfied this bent. His first accredited work was a memorial poem to Charles Dickens printed in ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' in 1870. He died on 26 August 1897 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.〔''Dickens Connections'', Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, 1995〕 〔http://www.emule.com/2poetry/phorum/read.php?7,153503〕 〔http://www.hotfreebooks.com/book/The-History-of-Punch-M-H-Spielmann--9.html〕 〔http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/m/Milliken_EJ/life.htm〕 〔http://www.flipkart.com/books/0786423919〕 〔https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23881/23881-h/23881-h.htm#Page_378 〕 ==Major contributions to ''Punch''== *"Childe Chappie's Pilgrimage" (1883) Edwin James Milliken, illustrated by Edward J. Wheeler (1848–1933) *"The Modern Ars Amandi" (1883) *"The Town" (1884) *"Fitzdotterel; or, T'other and Which" (parody of Lord Lytton's "Glenaveril") (1885) *"Modern Asmodeus" (1889–90) *"The New Guide to Knowledge" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin James Milliken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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