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Leacock

American

[lee-kok] / ˈli kɒk /

noun

Stephen (Butler), 1869–1944, Canadian humorist and economist.

Leacock British

/ ˈliːkɒk /

noun

Stephen Butler. 1869–1944, Canadian humorist and economist: his comic works include Literary Lapses (1910) and Frenzied Fiction (1917)

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King won the RBC Taylor prize for non-fiction for his book The Inconvenient Indian, in 2014, and the Stephen Leacock memorial medal for humour for his work Indians on Vacation, in 2020.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

In the late 1950s, Pennebaker formed the production company Drew Associates with the director Richard Leacock and the former Life magazine editor Robert Drew.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2019

Pennebaker and Richard Leacock left Drew Associates in 1963 to form their own production company.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2019

Empowered by hand-held cameras and portable sound equipment, three members of Mr. Drew’s team — Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles and D. A. Pennebaker — would soon be recognized as leading practitioners of the form.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2016

My mother, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Leacock, took an active part in the life of the neighborhood.

From An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) by Buffalo Bill

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