Biographies

Welcome To Biographies

6/1/2025

Welcome to the Biographies Page on www.MakeFunOfLife.net.

The following short biographies provide basic information on some of the many people whose writings and other works appear on the site. The purpose of the biographies shown on this page is to positively identify authorship of works and serve as a starting point for anyone who might want to know more about the individuals. More complete information can be found in online encyclopedias, websites dedicated to the individuals, and in books.

Further biographical details and more biographies will be added over time, because our world is filled with many people, each of whom has contributed to making the best of it even better.

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Jane Taylor

4/3/2025

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Jane Taylor was born on 23 September 1783 in London, England, as one among an extensive literary family. She became an essayist, a playwright, a short story writer, a novelist, and a poet. Jane Taylor worked as an editor and writer for “Youth’s Magazine.” She is known as the author of the song, “The Star” (1806) also known as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” and the poem, “The Violet,” among other works. Jane Taylor passed on at 40 years of age on 13 April 1824.

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Contented John By Jane Taylor

Morning By Jane Taylor

Pretty Cow By Jane Taylor

The Star By Jane Taylor

The Violet By Jane Taylor

The Way To Be Happy By Ann Taylor And Jane Taylor

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Elbert Hubbard

2/25/2025

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Elbert Green Hubbard was born on 19 June 1856 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States of America. He became a teacher, an epigrammatist, a writer, an editor, a publisher, an artist, and a philosopher. He is known as the founder of the Roycroft Press, website http://www.roycrofter.com. Elbert Green Hubbard passed on at 58 years of age on 7 May 1915 in the sinking of the oceangoing vessel “Lusitania” off the coast of Kinsale, Ireland.

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Sage Advice By Elbert Hubbard

Words Of Elbert Hubbard

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

2/20/2025

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born on 5 November 1850 on a farm in Johnstown, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States of America. She became a poet and a writer. Among her published works is “Poems of Cheer” (1908) and “Poems of Life” (1921). Her autobiography is titled “The Worlds and I” (1918). Ella Wheeler Wilcox passed on at 68 years of age on 30 October 1919 in Short Beach, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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I Will Be Worthy Of It By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Resolve By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The Two Kinds Of People By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Wishing By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Worth While By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Strickland Gillilan

2/19/2025

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Strickland W. Gillilan was born on 21 September 1869 in Scioto Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States of America. He became a writer, a poet, a lecturer, and a humorist. Mr. Strickland began his career as a journalist and worked for newspapers including the “Baltimore American” (1902 - 1905). While on the staff of the Richmond “Daily Palladium” newspaper, he wrote a humorous poem about an Irish railroad worker that was published in “Life Magazine” and this led to his national recognition. He is credited with writing ‘the world’s shortest poem,’ titled “Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes” (subtitled “Fleas”): “Adam / Had ’em,” which also became one of the world’s most anthologized poems. He traveled the country for years, entertaining enthralled audiences with his witty novels, satirical essays, rollicking songs, and heartwarming poetry. He produced a large body of work during his lifetime. Strickland W. Gillilan passed on at 84 years of age in April 1954 in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, United States of America.

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As I Go On My Way By Strickland Gillilan

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Edgar Albert Guest

2/6/2025

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Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest was born on 20 August 1881 in Birmingham, England. He immigrated with his family to the United States of America in 1891. From his first published work in the “Detroit Free Press” newspaper until his passing in 1959, he penned some 11,000 poems that were syndicated in 300 newspapers and collected into more than twenty books. Mr. Guest is reputed to have had a new poem published in a newspaper every day for more than thirty years. He became known as ‘The People’s Poet,’ writing poems that were of a sentimental and optimistic nature. Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest passed on at 77 years of age on 5 August 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.

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A Vow By Edgar A. Guest

Can’t By Edgar A. Guest

Courage By Edgar A. Guest

Don’t Quit By Edgar A. Guest

Equipment By Edgar A. Guest

Gratitude By Edgar A. Guest

His Other Chance By Edgar A. Guest

It Isn’t Costly By Edgar A. Guest

Living By Edgar A. Guest

Pluck By Edgar A. Guest

See It Through By Edgar A. Guest

Tackle The Thing By Edgar A. Guest

The Few By Edgar A. Guest

The Junk Box By Edgar A. Guest

The Things That Haven’t Been Done Before By Edgar A. Guest

Things Work Out By Edgar A. Guest

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