Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a Canadian humorist, known by the nom de plume of "Sam Slick," born at Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1796, died at Isleworth, England, Aug. 27, 1865. He studied law, was called to the bar in 1820, became chief justice of common pleas in 1829, and judge of the supreme court of Nova Scotia in 1840. In 1842 he took up his residence in England, and in 1859 was returned to parliament for Launceston, holding his seat until his death. In 1835 he wrote a series of newspaper sketches satirizing the Yankee character, which were published in 1837 under the title of "The Clockmaker, or Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville," of which subsequent series appeared in 1838 and 1840. He also wrote " Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia" (1829); "Bubbles of Canada," "The Old Judge, or Life in a Colony," and "Letter Bag of the Great Western" (1839); "The Attache, or Sam Slick in England" (1843; 2d series, 1844); "Rule and Misrule of the English in America" (1851); "Yankee Stories" and "Traits of American Humor" (1852); and "Nature and Human Nature" (1855).