Rollin Kirby
American, 1875 - 1972
Birth-PlaceGalva, IL
Death-PlaceNew York, NY
BiographyRollin Kirby (September 4, 1875, Galva, Illinois – May 8, 1952, New York, New York) was an American political cartoonist. In 1922 he was chronologically the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, an honor that he would receive three times.Kirby worked as a cartoonist at the New York Mail, New York World and the New York Post. His Pulitzer Prizes were for cartoons "On the Road to Moscow" (1921), "News from the Outside World" (1924), and "Tammany" (1928).
REFERENCES
Webster's Biographical Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam Co., 1980.
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