Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Edmund Clerihew Bentley | |
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Bentley in 1913 | |
| Born | 10 July 1875 London, England |
| Died | 30 March 1956 (aged 80) London, England |
| Occupation | Novelist, humorist, poet |
| Education | Merton College, Oxford |
| Genre | Biography, science fiction, poetry |
| Notable works | Trent's Last Case |
| Children | Nicolas Bentley |
| Relatives | John Edmund Bentley (father) |
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (10 July 1875 – 30 March 1956), who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley and E. Clerihew Bentley, was an English novelist and humorist and inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.