Edmund Duffy

Edmund Duffy (born 1899 or 1900 – September 12, 1962) was an editorial cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun. He joined the paper in 1924 and received high praise from H. L. Mencken. He was among the first white cartoonist to attack the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. [ [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTduffy.htm Spartacus] ] He won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning three times from 1931 to 1940. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Edmund Duffy, Cartoonist Dies. Won Three Pulitzer Prizes White With Baltimore Sun. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70E1EF73558137A93C1A81782D85F468685F9 |quote=Edmund Duffy, who won three Pulitzer Prizes while an editorial cartoonist on The Baltimore Sun, died early today at his home, 253 East Sixty first Street, after a long illness. He was 63 years old. |publisher=New York Times |date=September 13, 1962 |accessdate=2007-09-25 ] He married Anne Elizabeth Rector, daughter of Enoch J. Rector.cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Enoch Rector, 94, Inventor, Dead. Aide of Edison on Sound Reproduction, Early Films Designed Camera Shutter. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C15F73B5C14738DDDAE0A94D9405B8789F1D3 |quote=Enoch Rector, an inventor who aided in the early development of motion pictures, died yesterday at his home, 314 East Forty-first Street. His age was 94. |publisher=New York Times |date=January 27, 1957 |accessdate=2007-09-25 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mrs. Edmund Duffy Is Dead; Cartoonist's Widow Was 70. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E17FC3E5E1A718DDDA10994DA405B808BF1D3 |quote=Mrs. Anne Duffy, an artist and widow of Edmund Duffy, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun, died Sunday in San Juan, P.R. She was 70 years old. |publisher=New York Times |date=February 18, 1970, Wednesday |accessdate=2007-09-25 ]

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