Thurber, James

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Portrait of James Thurber
James Thurber
Name
Thurber, JamesGender: M
Thurber, James Grover
born on 8 December 1894 at 23:55 (= 11:55 PM )
Place Columbus OH, USA, 39n57, 83w00
Timezone CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source
Conflicting/unverifiedRodden Rating DD
Astrology data 17°12' 00°23 Asc. 24°59'



Biography

American state clerk, journalist, writer, artist and illustrator of stories, fables and essays with caricatures. Blessed with the simplicity of art and sophistication of humor, Thurber is also a contributing editor to the "New Yorker."

He died 11/02/1961 New York City, NY.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Death, Cause unspecified 2 November 1961 (Age 66)

Source Notes

Penfield Collection quotes "Thurber," "which states he was born very late at night." LMR quotes B. Bernstein's biography which gives the date on p.1 and notes on p.12 "Cesar Franck's symphonie played Paris the night I was born," and on p.14, "On a night of wild portend and high wind." Old-file has 00:15 AM CST.

Categories

  • Vocation : Art : Commercial artist (Illustrator)
  • Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Editor)
  • Vocation : Writers : Humor
  • Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Journalist)
  • Notable : Book Collection : American Book

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