<sod>  :''See also [[Artemas Ward (disambiguation)]]''
'''Charles Farrar Browne''', (April 26, 1834{{ndash}}March 6, 1867) was a [[United States]] [[humor]] writer, better known under his ''[[pen name|nom de plume]]'', '''Artemus Ward'''.  At birth, his surname was "Brown." He added the "e" after he became famous.<ref name="MAGDE">{{cite book |last= Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide 'Down East' |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Me | pages = 400–401 }}</ref>
 
 [[Image:ArtemusWard.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Artemus Ward]]
 Browne was born in [[Waterford, Maine]].  He began life as a compositor and occasional contributor to the daily and weekly journals. In 1858, he published in the [[Cleveland Plain Dealer|Cleveland ''Plain Dealer'']] the first of the "Artemus Ward" series, which, in a collected form, achieved great popularity in both America and [[England]]. In 1860, he became editor of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine, historical)|Vanity Fair]]'', a humorous New York weekly, which proved a failure. About the same time, he began to appear as a lecturer and, by his droll and eccentric humor, attracted large audiences.
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'''Charles Farrar Browne''' (April 26, 1834 – March 6, 1867) was a [[United States]] [[humor]] writer, better known under his ''[[pen name|nom de plume]]'', '''Artemus Ward'''.  At birth, his surname was "Brown." He added the "e" after he became famous.<ref name="MAGDE">{{cite book |last= Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide 'Down East' |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Me | pages = 400–401 }}</ref>
 
 [[Image:ArtemusWard.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Artemus Ward]]
 Browne was born in [[Waterford, Maine]].  He began life as a compositor and occasional contributor to the daily and weekly journals. In 1858, he published in the [[Cleveland Plain Dealer|Cleveland ''Plain Dealer'']] the first of the "Artemus Ward" series, which, in a collected form, achieved great popularity in both America and [[England]]. In 1860, he became editor of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine, historical)|Vanity Fair]]'', a humorous New York weekly, which proved a failure. About the same time, he began to appear as a lecturer and, by his droll and eccentric humor, attracted large audiences.
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