Rollin Kirby

Rollin Kirby (September 4, 1875 in Galva, Illinois – May 8, 1952 in 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.

Rollin Kirby
Kirby c.1922
OccupationCartoonist
Known forPulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

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).

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References

  • Webster's Biographical Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam Co., 1980.


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