Background
At birth, his surname was "Brown." He added the "e" after he became famous.
At birth, his surname was "Brown." He added the "e" after he became famous.
After working as printer and contributor to newspapers in the East and in Ohio, Browne in 1857 became city editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where he became nationally famous as the creator of Artemus Ward, supposedly a traveling exhibitor of waxworks. In 1860 he left Cleveland for New York and in 1861 became editor of Vanity Fair, leaving this post in April 1862, to tour the country for three years as a humorous lecturer. Appearances in England and contributions to Punch occupied him from 1866 until his death from tuberculosis at Southampton, England, on Mar. 6, 1867.
Artemus Ward: His Book (1862)
Artemus Ward: His Travels (1865)
Artemus Ward in London (1867)
The Mormons (1868)