ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
Will have to wait for his own quantum of solace
That’s because his bicentenary
Won’t happen until January 8th, 2023.
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A Clerihew on Alfred Russel Wallace
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- Monday, 09 Feb ruary 2009 - 10:36 UTC
Last updated: Monday, 09 Feb 2009 - 10:36 UTC
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Well done sir! Clear, concise, biographical, and mildly humorous. (You’d better not let Dr. Gee catch you messing about on his computer, though.)
I have to admit I had to look it up… my first thought was “Isn’t that a shore bird?” But of course, no; it’s a 19th century Englishman.
I think it is a bird, actually – there’s the stone clerihew, the thick-kneed clerihew, the Norwegian blue clerihew, the cross-eyed creationist clerihew, the …