Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Japanese: ハリバートン(英語表記)Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
Born: December 17, 1796 in Windsor, Nova Scotia
[Died] August 27, 1865. Middlesex, Canada. He was a satirist. He made a name for himself with The Clockmaker; or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville (1835-36), which contrasted the shrewd American Sam Slick with the honest Nova Scotian. In his later years, he moved to England and served as a member of Parliament for several years.

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Japanese:
[生]1796.12.17. ノバスコシア,ウィンザー
[没]1865.8.27. ミドルセックス
カナダの風刺作家。抜け目のないアメリカ人サム・スリックを主人公にして愚直なノバスコシア人と対比させた『時計屋,またはスリックビルのサミュエル・スリックの言行録』 The Clockmaker; or,The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville (1835~36) で名をあげた。晩年はイギリスへ移り国会議員を数年間つとめた。

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