Thomas Chandler Haliburton Quotes


There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like it in others.


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Haliburton, Thomas Chandler. The Clockmaker; or The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville. Richard Bentley, 1838.

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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • Born: December 17, 1796
  • Died: August 28, 1865
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Author

Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. He made an important political contribution to the state of Nova Scotia before its entry into Confederation of Canada. He was the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada. In 1856, he emigrated to England, where he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was the father of the British civil servant Lord Haliburton and of the anthropologist Robert Grant Haliburton.