Rollin Kirby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rollin Kirby

American political cartoonist

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1875

Place of Birth: Galva, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 08-May-1952

Profession: cartoonist, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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. 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).