Frank Gilbreth, Jr.
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Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. (born March 17, 1911 - died February 18, 2001) was co-author of Cheaper by the Dozen, Belles on Their Toes, Time Out for Happiness and Ancestors of the Dozen.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, the fifth child (and first boy) of the twelve (12) children born to efficiency experts Frank Gilbreth, Sr. and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and grew up in the family home in Montclair, New Jersey.[1]
Cheaper by the Dozen, which was made into two successful films, was largely autobiographical. He also wrote about fatherhood, in the post-WWII "baby boom". He also wrote often about family members.
In his later years, he relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, where he went on to be a journalist, author and newspaper executive. Under nom de plume Ashley Cooper, he wrote a long-running column for the Charleston Post Courier, which ran until 1993.[1]
Gilbreth was married twice, to Elizabeth Cauthen and then to Mary Pringle Manigault. He had three children.
He died in 2001, aged 89, in in Charleston, South Carolina, where he had lived for the preceding half century.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Saxon, Wolfgang. "Frank Gilbreth Jr., 89, Author Of 'Cheaper by the Dozen'", The New York Times, February 20, 2001. Accessed January 13, 2008.
