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Founding of the Harvard Lampoon
- When
- 1876
- Where
- Harvard University
- Part of
- The Harvard Lampoon founded
Seven undergraduates at Harvard University founded the humor magazine in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1876, inspired by Punch and Puck.
The publication was established by seven students, including Ralph Wormeley Curtis, Edward Sandford Martin, Edmund March Wheelwright, and Arthur Murray Sherwood. The founders drew inspiration from popular magazines like Punch (1841) and Puck (1876). The magazine is noted as the third longest-running continually published humor magazine globally.
Sources
- The Harvard Lampoon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-11
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