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R. C. (Rudolf Chambers) Lehmann
1856–1929
Best known for his long connection with Punch and for helping launch Granta, this witty English man of letters also moved easily through politics, journalism, and the rowing world. His writing has the brisk, amused tone of someone equally at home in Parliament, on the river, and in the literary press.
2 Audiobooks
The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch
by R. C. (Rudolf Chambers) Lehmann
Rowing
by R. C. (Rudolf Chambers) Lehmann
About the author
Born in 1856, R. C. Lehmann was an English writer, humorist, journalist, and Liberal politician. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, was active in rowing, trained as a barrister, and went on to build a varied public career that mixed literature, sport, and politics.
He became especially well known through his work for Punch, to which he contributed for many years, and he was also the founding editor of Granta. Alongside journalism and light verse, he wrote about rowing and other subjects with an easy, lively style that made him a familiar literary voice of his time.
Lehmann also served as a Member of Parliament from 1906 to 1910. He died in 1929, and he is still remembered as a versatile late-Victorian and Edwardian figure whose career linked satire, public life, and the culture of English amateur sport.