She had brought in considerable dowry, which his father had invested in the coal mine. Jerome’s mother, Marguerite Jones, was the daughter of a prosperous Swansea solicitor. Before that, he had tried farming and stone quarrying in Devonshire. His father, Jerome Clapp, was a nonconformist preacher, and owned a coalmine on Cannock Chase. At birth, he was registered as Jerome Clapp Jerome but later Clapp was changed into Klapka after the exiled Hungarian general and family friend, György Klapka. Jerome Klapka Jerome was born on in Caldmore, now a part of the industrial town of Walsall in Staffordshire. Famous British peoplesĬheck out all that you wanted to know about Josh Temple (Slogoman), the famous British YouTube Personality his birthday, his family and personal life, his girlfriends, fun trivia facts and more. Since its publication, the book has never been out of print.
However, he remains best known for his comic travelogue ‘Three Man in a Boat’, depicting a two-week boating holiday on the River Thames. Subsequently, working in various capacities, he started writing essays, short stories and satires experiencing first success with ‘On the Stage-and Off’, which after a series of rejection, began to be serialized in a journal, edited by a retired actor, Aylmer Gowing.
Living alone in London’s dingy quarters and working as a clerk, he never lost hope and at the age of nineteen, joined a repertory troupe, returning penniless to London after three years. The condition became even worse when he lost his father at the age of thirteen and his mother at fifteen. As a consequence of it, Jerome spent his early years in abject poverty in East London. His father, a nonconformist preacher and a mine owner, lost all he had when his coalmine was submerged in flood water. Jerome Klapka Jerome was a noted English humorist, novelist and playwright, best known for his humorous and comic masterpiece 'Three Men in a Boat'.
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