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Popular As | Josh Billings |
Occupation | Novelist |
Age | years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | April 21, 1818 (MA) |
Birthday | April 21 |
Town/City | MA |
Nationality | MA |
Josh Billings’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Josh Billings was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
American humor writer and orator who rose to fame during the 19th Century. He is remembered for coining the popular idiom "The Kicker."
He worked as a farmer, miner, and auctioneer before finding success in journalism.
He wrote numerous books, including Josh Billings' Sayings, Everybody's Friend, and Josh Billings' Trump Kards.
He married Zipha E. Bradford in 1845. The couple had two daughters.
His popularity in the Nineteenth Century was surpassed only by that of fellow humorist Mark Twain.