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(1839-1910) Writer. Melville De Lancey Landon (pseudonym, Eli Perkins) was born in Eaton, New York, in 1839.

Full Name

Melville De Lancey Landon

Locations

Madison

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Landon attended Madison University, now Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York.

1839

BIRTH

Melville De Lancey Landon was born in Eaton, New York, in 1839. He wrote under the pseudonym Eli Perkins.

1861

OTHER

Mr. Landon graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1861.

1871

LITWORK

Saratoga In 1901
New York: Sheldon Company

Collection of humorous articles.

1871

LITWORK

The Franco-Prussian War in a Nut-Shell


History.

1875

LITWORK

Eli Perkins (at Large): His Sayings and Doings
New York: Ford

American wit and humor.

1879

LITWORK

Complete Works of Artemus Ward

1883

LITWORK

Wit And Humor Of The Age


Humorous book.

1883

LITWORK

Eli Perkins: Wit, Humor And Pathos
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Company

Wit and humor.

1891

LITWORK

Thirty Years Of Wit


Humorous book.

1891

LITWORK

Wise, Witty, Eloquent Kings Of The Platform And Pulpit
Chicago, Illinois: F. C. Smedley and Company, Publishers.

Humorous book.

1895

LITWORK

Money

1910

INTERMENT

Melville Landon is buried in the Eaton Cemetery, Eaton, New York.

1910

DEATH

Melville Landon died at his home in Yonkers, New York, in 1910.

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