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Tom Lehrer

Born

in New York, The United States

April 09, 1928

Died

July 26, 2025

Genre

Humor

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Thomas Andrew Lehrer was an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater.

He was best known for the songs that he recorded in the 1950s and 1960 (while also lecturing on mathematics at Harvard among other colleges). Many were satirical, such as "Fight Fiercely, Harvard," a suggested fight song for his alma mater. Some dealt with social issues of the day, such as "Pollution" and "I Wanna Go Back to Dixie" (a highly unflattering view of the South during Integration), while others were offbeat black humor ("Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"). ...more

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	Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer with Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle by Tom Lehrer, Ronald Searle (Illustrator) 4.62 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tom Foolery: The Words & Music of Tom Lehrer by Tom Lehrer, Cameron Mackintosh (Adapter), Robin Ray (Adapter) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tom Lehrer Song Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tom Lehrer's Second Song Book by Tom Lehrer, Ted Scheel (illustrator), Frank Metis (transcriptions) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tom Lehrer, That Was The Year That Was - LP-Vinyl Record it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Remains of Tom Lehrer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”
― Tom Lehrer

tags: kissinger, nobel, peace, politics, satire

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“I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.
In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics:
Plagiarize!

Plagiarize!
Let no one else's work evade your eyes!
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes!
So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize -
Only be sure always to call it please 'research'."

[Lobachevsky]”
― Tom Lehrer

tags: cheating, copycats, hypocrisy, originality, plagiarism, research

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“I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.”
― Tom Lehrer

tags: ongwus-humorist, singer, sriter-1928

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