J. A. Cuddon
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John Anthony Bowden Cuddon (June 2, 1928 – March 12, 1996), was an erudite English author, dictionary writer, and school teacher. Most widely-known for his Dictionary of Literary Terms (published in several editions), he also produced a massive Dictionary of Sport and Games, as well as several novels, plays, travel books, and other published works. One particularly noteworthy phrase from the afore-mentioned Dictionary, which earned him many enemies, was that in which he declared that whimsy was the "ineradicable cancer of English humour".
In his distinguished teaching career at Emanuel School in London, England he taught English, French and Russian; and coached rugby and cricket.
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- Obituary: The Times, March 15, 1996.
- Cuddon, J. A. (revised by C. E. Preston), Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory, 4th ed. ISBN 0-140-513639.
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