Robert Edmund Sherwood

For other people named Robert Sherwood, see Robert Sherwood.

Robert Edmund Sherwood (1864–1946[1]) was an American circus clown and writer. Sherwood worked in circuses during the period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and wrote two popular circus memoirs: Here We are Again: Recollections of an Old Circus Clown (1926) and Hold Yer Hosses! The Elephants are Coming! (1932).

Personal life

In 1902, Sherwood purchased a house in Prospect Park South, Flatbush, Brooklyn at 203 Marlborough Road.[2] In 1907, Sherwood, known in the neighborhood as "Uncle Bob", created an annual Lollipop Tree festival in Flatbush.[2] The Lollipop Tree festival consisted of Uncle Bob hiding lollipops in hollow trees for local children.[2] Sherwood donated his large collection of circus memorabilia to the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield, Michigan.[2]

Bibliography

  • The Slang Slycopaedia of Baseball: An Exhaustive Work on Spiels and Wheezes .. (1914)
  • Charles Chaplin's Funny Sayings (1915; co-authored with Charlie Chaplin)
  • Here We are Again: Recollections of an Old Circus Clown (1926)
  • The L-A-U-G-H book (1927)
  • Rambles, a real test of memory : questions every person should be able to answer correctly (co-authored with Karl K. Kitchen and Calder Johnson)
  • Hold Everything! (1929)
  • Hold Yer Hosses! The Elephants are Coming! (1932)

References

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding Library of Congress Linked Data Service: linked authority record nr99024895.
  2. ^ a b c d "PROSPECT_PARK_SOUTH_HISTORIC_DISTRICT" (PDF).
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