John Wilson Bengough

Born in Toronto, Bengough, a cartoonist, journalist, poet and lecturer, demonstrated a remarkable versatility of talent. In 1873 he founded Grip, the weekly magazine of humour in which many of his celebrated cartoons first appeared. In 1892 he moved to Montreal as cartoonist with the Star but subsequently returned to Toronto to resume his work for the Globe. The author of A Caricature History of Canadian Politics (1886), he also published, among other works, two volumes of poems, Motley (1895), and In Many Keys (1902). He died at Toronto.

Caricaturiste, journaliste, poète et conférencier, Bengough est né et décédé à Toronto. Doué de talents multiples, il fonda en 1873 et dirigea pendant vingt ans un hebdomadaire humoristique Grip, où ses caricatures lui assurèrent la célébrité. Auteur de A Caricature History of Canadian Politics (1886), il passa en 1892 au Montreal Star. Revenu à Toronto, il pratique encore la caricature au Globe. Il publia aussi des études sur les questions politiques d’actualité et des poèmes, Motly (1895) et In Many Keys (1902). Il mourut à Toronto.