Edward Lear shine sunan mutum don haka bashi da ma'anar ƙamus a ma'anar gargajiya. Koyaya, Edward Lear (1812-1888) ɗan wasan Ingilishi ne, marubuci, kuma mawaƙi wanda aka sani da wakokinsa na ban dariya da na banza, da kuma kyawawan kwatancinsa na tsuntsaye da shimfidar wurare. Wasu shahararrun ayyukansa sun haɗa da "Owl and the Pussycat," "The Jumblies," da "The Dong with a Luminous Nose."