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Nicolas Bentley

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born

June 14, 1907 in Highgate, London, The United Kingdom

died

August 14, 1978

gender

male

genre

Humour

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Nicolas Clerihew Bentley was a British author and illustrator famous for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s.

Bentley was educated at University College School where he left at the age of 17. He then enrolled at Heatherley's School of Fine Art, a prestigious private college, but left after a few months.

Bentley subsequently worked for Shell for three years, but disliked working in advertising. However, in 1930, he got a break when Hilaire Belloc (who was a friend of his father) invited him to illustrate his book 'New Cautionary Tales'. The good critical reception of this book and its illustrations allowed Bentley to go freelance.

During the 1930s Bentley illustrated many books, ranging from J.B. Morton t...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 242 ratings · 31 reviews · 30 distinct works

	Compl Clerihews E. Clerihew Bentley by Nicolas Bentley, G.K. Chesterton (Illustrator), Victor Reinganum (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, Nicolas Bentley (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 5,475 ratings — published 1939 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Edwardian Album 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Tongue-Tied Canary 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1948	My rating:
	The Shell Book of Motoring Humour 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1976	My rating:
	Inside Information 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Victorian Scene 1901 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1971	My rating:
	Martin Amis 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	How Can You Bear to be Human? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1959	My rating:
	Floating Dutchman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1950 — 2 editions	My rating:

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