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English fantasy author (1948–2015)

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Sir Terence David John PratchettOBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.

With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001, he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.

In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.

Early life and education

Pratchett was born on 28 April 1948 in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, England, the only child of David (1921–2006), a mechanic, and Eileen Pratchett (1922–2010), a secretary, of Hay-on-Wye. His maternal grandparents came from Ireland. Pratchett attended Holtspur School, where

Ben Jonson – Early Life, Education & Career

Benjamin Jonson was an influential English playwright and poet of the English Renaissance. His artistic prowess left a lasting impact on English poetry and stage comedy, making him a pivotal figure of his time. Known specifically for his satirical plays, Jonson popularized the genre called “Comedy of Humours,” —a genre that focused on satirizing characters driven by dominant personality traits. Some of his most well-known works include the satirical plays "Every Man in His Humour" (1598), "Volpone, or The Fox" (circa 1606), "The Alchemist" (1610), and "Bartholomew Fair" (1614). Additionally, he was renowned for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry.

Jonson's influence during the reigns of James I, from 1603 to 1625, and the Caroline era, from 1625 to 1642, was profound. He was a highly educated and cultured individual of the English Renaissance, known for his controversial nature in personal, political, artistic, and intellectual spheres. His cultural influence extended to playwrights and poets of the Jacobean and Caroline eras, shaping the literary landscape of the time. Jonson's breadth of influence was unparalleled, solidifying his position as one of the most significant English dramatists, second only to William Shakespeare.

• Ben Jonson was born in 1572 in Westminster, England. His father was a Protestant clergyman who suffered losses during Queen Mary I's reign for attempting to restore Catholicism.
• Jonson attended a small church school and then Westminster School, where he was educated by the antiquarian William Camden. Camden's scholarship is said to have influenced Jonson's art and style.
• After leaving Westminster in 1589, Jonson began working as a bricklayer like his stepfather. He also volunteered as a soldier in the English regiments in Flanders for a time.
• Jonson began his career as an actor, taking on roles with playing companies. He was jailed in 1598 for killing another actor in a duel. He conve

A humorist (American English) or humourist (British English) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh, though it is possible for some persons to occupy both roles in the course of their careers.

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Notable humorists include:

• Ada Roach
• Alexander Posey
• André Franquin (1924–1997) French comic book author of Spirou & Fantasio and creator of the Marsupilami.
• Anita Loos
• Anne Roumanoff
• Aziz Nesin
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), as a newspaper editor and printer, became one of America's first humorists, most famously for Poor Richard's Almanack published under the pen name "Richard Saunders".
• Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) one of the founders of the publishing firm Random House, known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his television appearances on the panel game show What's My Line?
• Carlos Loiseau
• Carolyn Wells
• Carrie Carlton (1834–1868)
• Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) writer for Vanity Fair, Vogue and other magazines, playwright, and a close friend of Benchley, was known for her biting, satirical wit.
• Dieudonné M'bala M'bala
• Eric Omondi
• Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) newspaper columnist and writer of 15 books who specialized in humorously describing midwesternsuburban home life.
• Fanny Fern
• Florence Foresti
• Florence King
• Fran Lebowitz (born 1950) writes sardonic social comm