Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) · CatalogCharles Caleb ColtonCharles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) · CatalogEnglish clergyman and aphorist, author of Lacon.
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Charles Caleb Colton
1780-1832 · English clergyman and aphorist, author of Lacon
About Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton (1780–1832) was an English clergyman and writer, educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and for some years vicar of Kew and Petersham. He became known for his eccentric habits and for gambling, and left England to escape debts, spending his last years in the United States and France. He is remembered almost entirely for Lacon, a book of short reflections first published in 1820, whose sayings were reprinted and quoted throughout the nineteenth century.
Lacon: or, Many Things in a Few Words; Addressed to Those Who Think is a collection of short reflections by the English clergyman Charles Caleb Colton. The first volume appeared in London in 1820 and a second in 1822.