Edmund Duffy

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Born	circa 1900
Died	September 12, 1962 Manhattan
Occupation	Cartoonist
Employers	The Baltimore Sun Saturday Evening Post (c1948-c1962)
Known for	Three Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Spouse	Anne Elizabeth Rector

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.^[1] He won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning three times from 1931 to 1940.^[2] He married Anne Elizabeth Rector, daughter of Enoch J. Rector.^[3]^[4]

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^ Spartacus
^ "Edmund Duffy, Cartoonist Dies. Won Three Pulitzer Prizes White With Baltimore Sun.", New York Times, September 13, 1962. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. "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."
^ "Enoch Rector, 94, Inventor, Dead. Aide of Edison on Sound Reproduction, Early Films Designed Camera Shutter.", New York Times, January 27, 1957. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. "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."
^ "Mrs. Edmund Duffy Is Dead; Cartoonist's Widow Was 70.", New York Times, February 18, 1970, Wednesday. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. "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."