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Irvin S. Cobb
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American writer (1876-1944)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1876
- Died
- 1944
- Works
- 155
Top works
- What the victory or defeat of Germany means to every American
- The works of Irvin S. Cobb...
- The Best Short Stories of 1916
- Exit laughing by Cobb, Irvin S.
- walt mason his book
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Film & TV
Acting · Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
Known for
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self (archive footage)1940
- The Young in Heart — Senator Albert Jennings1938
- The Arkansas Traveler — Town Constable1938
- Hawaii Calls — Captain O'Hare1938
- Pepper — John Wilkes1936
- Everybody's Old Man — William Franklin1936
- Steamboat Round the Bend — Captain Eli1935
- Movies on Sundays — Himself1935
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara — Self1935
- A Dream Comes True — Himself (uncredited)1935
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 15
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,455x
- A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests
· 2010 · cited 6,581x
- Social Support as a Moderator of Life Stress
· 1976 · cited 4,431x
- Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?
· 2008 · cited 3,791x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,666x
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Quotes
- “[Humor]: In its essence, merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.”
- “If a woman likes another woman, she's cordial. If she doesn't like her, she's very cordial.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Cobb
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Paducah
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- O. Henry Award
- Image
- Irvincobb.jpg
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- Irvin S. Cobb
- date of birth
- 1876-01-01
- date of death
- 1944-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
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