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Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group.
Gelett Burgess (born Jan. 30, 1866, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died Sept. 17, 1951, Carmel, Calif.) was an American humorist and illustrator, best known for a single, early, whimsical quatrain: I’d rather see than be one.
Gelett Burgess, famous for his 'Purple Cow' poem, is also the creator of those vulgar and unmannered Goops. (written in 1900) Born in Boston, Frank Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was a drafting professor at the University of California at Berkeley and an editor for The Lark, a tiny San Francisco literary magazine. It was during his time at The Lark ...
"Purple Cow" is a short nonsense poem by American writer Gelett Burgess. It was first published in 1895.
Learn about Gelett Burgess, who wrote the famous quatrain "The Purple Cow" and founded the humor magazine The Lark. Explore his biography, poems, and books for children and adults.
Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 September 18, 1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist. He was born in Boston, and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in 1887.
Gelett Burgess, was an American editor, writer, and humorist, born in Boston on January 30, 1866. Although he has a long list of publications, adult and juvenile, he is remembered primarily for three achievements.
