- Poet and illustrator Oliver Herford was born in 1863 in Sheffield, England. When Oliver was six his father, a Unitarian minister, was offered a job in the US and moved the family there, first to Boston and later to Chicago. Oliver was educated in England (Lancaster College) and the US (Antioch College in Ohio). He studied art at the Slade School in London and at Julien's in Paris. In 1893 he began his carer as a writer and illustrator in New York with jobs at "Life" and "Harper's Weekly", among other publications. He married poet and playwright Margaret Regan in 1904. He died in New York City in 1935, and his wife Margaret died not long after.- IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob2@yahoo.com
- SpouseMargaret Regan(June 26, 1904 - July 5, 1935) (his death)
- Playwright, Poet, Illustrator Humorist and Author who was once called the Charles Lamb of his day.
- Known for his wit, once when a fellow Lamb's member declared how grossly insulted he was after overhearing that another member wanted to offer him $50 to resign from the club, Herford replied "Hold out for a hundred, you'll get it".
- His wife Margaret was also an author and playwright and had a working relationship with her husband throughout the years of their marriage. Margaret was in poor health at the time of her husband's death and would only survive him by a few months.
- Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.
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