Merrill C. Meigs

Merrill C. Meigs

male, deceased (1968)
University of Chicago, American football offensive lineman, water polo, atlantic ocean, baseball, loop…Chicago Maroons football player, from Chicago, ChicagoHeraldandExaminer, Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago Loop
Merrill C. Meigs (November 25, 1883 - January 26, 1968) was the executive of the "Chicago Herald and Examiner" in the 1920s. Inspired to become a...
Arthur Brisbane

Arthur Brisbane

male, deceased (1936)
Mass media owner, sun, American, Newspaper editor, Washington Times, City of New York…ChicagoHeraldandExaminer
Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936) was an American newspaper editor, born in Buffalo, N. Y., and educated in the public schools of the United States and...
Billy de Beck

Billy de Beck

male, deceased (1942)
American comic strip cartoonist, Veterans Day, cartoonist, hillbilly, great depression, National Cartoonist Society…ChicagoHeraldandExaminer, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
William Morgan "Billy" De Beck (April 15, 1890 - November 11, 1942) was a popular and very widely published cartoonist as well as a writer. He...
Farnsworth Wright

Farnsworth Wright

male, deceased (1940)
American military, Weird Tales, Magazine editor, American, horror, H.P. Lovecraft…ChicagoHeraldandExaminer
Farnsworth Wright (1888-1940) was the editor of the pulp magazine "Weird Tales" during the magazine's heyday. Wright, a veteran of World War I, was...
Frank King

Frank King

male, deceased (1969)
from Wisconsin, cartoonist, comic strip cartoonist, Reuben Award winner, chicago tribune, gasoline alley…ChicagoHeraldandExaminer, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago Examiner
Frank King (April 9, 1883 - June 24, 1969) was an American cartoonist most famous for the comic strip "Gasoline Alley".