Seaman, Owen, 1861-1936
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Seaman, Owen, Sir, 1861-1936, 1st Baronet, journal editor and satirist
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Sir Owen Seamen was born in London and had a reputation as a poet and humorist, especially noted for his parodies of other poets. He was briefly a professor of literature at Durham. He joined the staff of Punch in 1897, became sub-editor in 1902, and editor-in-chief in 1906. He published several collections of his poems and essays, including Interludes of an editor, 1929.
English humorist and satirist, educated at Shrewsbury School and Clare College, Cambridge, became master of Rossall School in 1884, and in 1890 was appointed professor of literature at the Durham College of Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1897. Seaman was introduced to Punch in 1894 with his "Rhyme of the Kipperling," a parody of Kipling. Author of Horace at Cambridge, (1894), In Cap and Bells (1899), among others. He joined the staff of Punch in 1897 and shortly afterwards became assistant-editor and succeeded Sir F.C. Burnand as editor in 1906.
Epithet: journal editor and satirist
Title: 1st Baronet
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World War, 1914-1918
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