The New International Encyclopædia/Sambourne, Edward Linley

SAM′BOURNE, Edward Linley (1845—). An English caricaturist and designer. He was born in London, and educated at the City of London School and at the College of Chester. He was intended for the engineering profession, but, his drawings having attracted the attention of Mark Lemon in 1867, Sambourne was employed by Punch, with which journal he has since been connected, having become its chief cartoonist January 1, 1901.