A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Browne, Charles Farrar
Browne, Charles Farrar (1834-1867).—Humorist (Artemus Ward), b. in Maine, U.S., worked as a compositor and reporter, and became a highly popular humorous writer, his books being Artemus Ward his Book, A.W. His Panorama, A.W. among the Mormons, and A.W. in England.