Edmund Clerihew Bentley | |
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![]() Bentley in 1913 | |
Born | London, England | 10 July 1875
Died | 30 March 1956 London, England | (aged 80)
Occupation | Novelist, humorist, poet |
Education | Merton College, Oxford |
Genre | Biography, science fiction, poetry |
Notable works | Trent's Last Case |
Children | Nicolas Bentley |
Relatives | John Edmund Bentley (father) |
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (10 July 1875 – 30 March 1956), who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley or E. Clerihew Bentley, was an English novelist and humorist, and inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.