
Irvin S. Cobb
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1876-06-23
place-of-birth
Paducah, Kentucky, USA
also-known-as
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
biography
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.