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Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

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Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875-1956)

English writer. He invented the four-line humorous verse form known as the clerihew, first collected in Biography for Beginners (1905) and then in More Biography (1929). He was also the author of the classic detective story Trent's Last Case (1913), introducing a new naturalistic style that replaced Sherlock Holmesian romanticism.

It was followed by Trent's Own Case (1936), in which he collaborated with H Warner Allen, and Trent Intervenes (1938), a volume of short stories.

He was born in London and educated at Oxford. After studying law, he wrote for the Daily News and then for the Daily Telegraph.



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