J. R. Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian-American cartoonist
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Place of Birth: Nova Scotia, Canada
About J. R. Williams
- James Robert Williams (March 30, 1888 – June 17, 1957) was a Canadian cartoonist who signed his work J.
- R.
- Williams.
- He was best known for his long-run daily syndicated panel Out Our Way.
- As noted by Coulton Waugh in his 1947 book The Comics, anecdotal evidence indicated that more Williams' cartoons were clipped and saved than were other newspaper comics.
- A newspaper promotion of 1930 compared him to poets Eugene Field and James Whitcomb Riley.
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