Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born on this date. This brief bio is from Wikipedia:

E. C. Bentley (July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956), who is now best remembered as the inventor of the clerihew, was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century. Born in London, Bentley worked as a journalist on several newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph. His detective novel, Trent’s Last Case (1913), was much praised, numbering Dorothy L. Sayers among its admirers. The success of the work inspired him, after only 23 years, to write a sequel, Trent’s Own Case(1936).

My random thoughts on E.C. Bentley:
1) If Dorothy Sayers liked his novels, maybe i should add them to my ever-growing list of books to read.
2) Here’s an example of one of his clerihews:
The people of Spain think Cervantes
Equal to half-a-dozen Dantes;
An opinion resented most bitterly
By the people of Italy.
3) I read in another place that Bentley and G.K. Chesteerton were “lifelong friends.” Now I am even more interested.
4) The author of a paper on Tolkien avers that Tolkien was a clerihewer. However, I can’t find any examples on the web. Anyone have a Tolkien clerihew?
5) One more clerihew by Chesterton:
The novels of Jane Austen
Are the ones to get lost in.
I wonder if Labby
Has read Northanger Abbey.
(Labby was somebody Chesterton knew or knoew of. Never mind.)
6) Is anyone inspired to write a clerihew? If so, post here. I’m too tired.