James Thurber AKA James Grover Thurber Born: 8-Dec-1894 Birthplace: Columbus, OH Died: 2-Nov-1961 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: Aneurysm Remains: Buried, Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author, Cartoonist Nationality: United States Executive summary: Short story writer and cartoonist Father: Charles Leander Thurber (politician) Mother: Mary Agnes Fisher Brother: William (older) Brother: Robert (younger) Wife: Althea Adams (m. 20-May-1922, div. 25-May-1935) Wife: Helen Muriel Wismer (m. 25-Jun-1935) Daughter: Rosemary (b. 7-Oct-1931, by Althea)
High School: East High School, Columbus, OH University: Ohio State University (until 1918, no degree)
The New Yorker 1927-33 The New York Evening Post Chicago Tribune Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Missing Eye left, lost in archery accident Draft Deferment: World War I 4-F Brain Surgery Risk Factors: Blindness, Smoking
Author of books:
The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities (1931) The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments (1932) My Life and Hard Times (1933, memoir) The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) Let Your Mind Alone! (1937) The Last Flower (1939) Men, Women and Dogs (1943) The Great Quillow (1944, juvenile) The White Deer (1945) The Thurber Carnival (1945) The Beast in Me and Other Animals (1948) Thirteen Clocks
Thurber Country (1953) Thurber on Humor (1953) Thurber's Dogs (1955) A Thurber Garland (1955) Further Fables For Our Time (1956) Alarms and Diversions (1957) The Wonderful O (1957) The Years With Ross (1959, biography) Credos and Curios (1962) Thurber & Company (1966)
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