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Palmer Cox BIOGRAPHY
1840 Quebec, Canada - 1924 Quebec, Canada. Known for: Illustrator-cartoon, genre, animal.
Illustrator and poet, Palmer Cox was the fifth son of nine children born to Michael and Sarah Millar Cox. He was born April 28, 1840 on his parent's farm in the South-Ridge District, between... Read full biography
Illustrator and poet, Palmer Cox was the fifth son of nine children born to Michael and Sarah Millar Cox. He was born April 28, 1840 on his parent's farm in the South-Ridge District, between Adamsville and Granby, Quebec. Graduating from Granby Academy in 1858 he soon left for Oakland, California,... Read full biography
Illustrator and poet, Palmer Cox was the fifth son of nine children born to Michael and Sarah Millar Cox. He was born April 28, 1840 on his parent's farm in the South-Ridge District, between Adamsville and Granby, Quebec. Graduating from Granby Academy in 1858 he soon left for Oakland, California, arriving in January of 1863. Over the next eleven years he contributed cartoons, prose and poems to such publications as the Golden Era, the Alta California, and the San Francisco Examiner, The year... Read full biography
Illustrator and poet, Palmer Cox was the fifth son of nine children born to Michael and Sarah Millar Cox. He was born April 28, 1840 on his parent's farm in the South-Ridge District, between Adamsville and Granby, Quebec. Graduating from Granby Academy in 1858 he soon left for Oakland, California, arriving in January of 1863. Over the next eleven years he contributed cartoons, prose and poems to such publications as the Golden Era, the Alta California, and the San Francisco Examiner, The year he was Master of his Masonic lodge, 1874, he published his first book, "Squibs of California." The following year he moved to New York where he contributed to "Scribners" and other east coast periodicals. It was here that the first collection of his... Read full biography
Illustrator and poet, Palmer Cox was the fifth son of nine children born to Michael and Sarah Millar Cox. He was born April 28, 1840 on his parent's farm in the South-Ridge District, between Adamsville and Granby, Quebec. Graduating from Granby Academy in 1858 he soon left for Oakland, California, arriving in January of 1863. Over the next eleven years he contributed cartoons, prose and poems to such publications as the Golden Era, the Alta California, and the San Francisco Examiner, The year he was Master of his Masonic lodge, 1874, he published his first book, "Squibs of California." The following year he moved to New York where he contributed to "Scribners" and other east coast periodicals. It was here that the first collection of his Brownie stories was published; "The Brownies, Their Book." . Although brownie-like figures appeared in three earlier stories, the first Br... Read full biography
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Illustrator and poet, Palmer Cox was the fifth son of nine children born to Michael and Sarah Millar Cox. He was born April 28, 1840 on his parent's farm in the South-Ridge District, between Adamsville and Granby, Quebec. Graduating from Granby Academy in 1858 he soon left for Oakland, California, arriving in January of 1863.
Over the next eleven years he contributed cartoons, prose and poems to such publications as the Golden Era, the Alta California, and the San Francisco Examiner, The year he was Master of his Masonic lodge, 1874, he published his first book, "Squibs of California." The following year he moved to New York where he contributed to "Scribners" and other east coast periodicals. It was here that the first collection o...But wait, there's more...
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