Charles Bertrand Lewis

Charles Bertrand Lewis (February 15, 1842 – August 21, 1924), better known by the pen name M. Quad, was an American journalist and humorist.

Charles Bertrand Lewis
Born(1842-02-15)February 15, 1842
Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio
DiedAugust 21, 1924(1924-08-21) (aged 82)
Brooklyn, New York
Pen nameM. Quad

Lewis was born at Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio, and attended the Michigan State Agricultural College. He was a volunteer soldier in the northern army during the Civil War.

He joined the staff of the Detroit Free Press in 1869, and became known as a writer of sketches under the pen-name of M. Quad. His accounts of the proceedings of a supposed society of colored people, to which he gave the name of Brother Gardner's Lime-Kiln Club, were very popular. His published works include: Sawed-Off Sketches (1884), Field, Fort and Fleet (1885), Under Fire (1886), and The Lime-Kiln Club (1887).[1][2][3]

Charles Bertrand Lewis died at his home in Brooklyn on August 21, 1924.[4]

References

  1. William Harrison De Puy (1896). The University of Literature. J.S. Barcus. pp. 405–408.
  2. "Lewis, Charles Bertrand". The House of Beadle & Adams and its Dime and Nickel Novels. University of Oklahoma Press.
  3. Coyle, William, ed. (1962). Ohio Authors and Their Books: Biographical Data and Selective Bibliographies for Ohio Authors, Native and Resident, 1796-1950. World Publishing Company. p. 383.
  4. "'M Quad,' Humorist, Dies at Brooklyn Home". Detroit Free Press. August 23, 1924. Retrieved March 11, 2020 via Newspapers.com.


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