Stephen Leacock 1887

A world-renowned humorist and author of 60 books, with Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town among his most notab­­le work; held a position as an economics and political theory professor at McGill University from 1900 until his retirement in 1936; wrote Elements of Political Science in 1906, which became the standard textbook on the subject matter for more than 20 years.