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Here are the top 2,100 authors and 1,000 illustrators from the whole heritage of children’s literature. And also the top Editors, Translators, and Compilers.

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Henry Cruse Murphy, Jr. (H.C. Murphy)

Born in Brooklyn, New York, H.C. Murphy switched from electrical engineering to art in college. He published in the pulps as well as some of the more upscale magazines such as Field and Stream.

Type:
Illustrator
Editor

Lived:
1886 - 1931

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Harvey Thomas Dunn (H.T. Dunn)

Born in Manchester, South Dakota, Harvey Dunn studied with Howard Pyle. He was greatly influenced by his experience as a combat artist with the AEF in World War I. He had a long career in illustration and was especially influential as a teacher.... View More

Type:
Illustrator
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1884 - 1952

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Henrietta Starrett (Henritetta McCaig Starett)

Henrietta McCaig Starrett was married to fellow artist and cartoonist Kemp Starrett. She was a successful commercial artist and illustrator who published in many of the prestige magazines of her day. We have not yet found a reliable year of birth or ... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
0 B.C. - 0 B.C.

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H. J. Ford (Henry J. Ford)

Henry Justice Ford was a prolific and successful English artist and illustrator. Sometimes known as H. J. Ford or Henry J. Ford, he came to public attention when he provided the numerous beautiful illustrations for Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books. We... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1860 - 1941

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Henry C. Pitz (Henry Pitz)

Henry Clarence Pitz was an American artist, author and teacher with over 190 books to his credit.

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1895 - 1976

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H. I. Bacharach (Herman I. Bacharach)

Herman Ilfeld Bacharach was a well-known artist and illustrator and designer. Many of his works can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at the New Mexico State Library. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you hav... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1899 - 1976

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Irving Tripp (Irving Rose Tripp)

We have not yet found a reliable biography or photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1921 - 2009

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John Callcott Horsley (J. C. Horsley)

John Callcott Horsley was a British genre painter and illustrator. He drew the first Christmas card for Sir Henry Cole.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1817 - 1903

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Jessie M. King (Jessie Marion King Taylor)

Jessie Marion King was a Scottish illustrator known for her illustrated children’s books. She also designed jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1875 - 1949

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John Austen (John Archibald Austen)

John Archibald Austen was an English illustrator.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1886 - 1948

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Ionicus (Joshua Charles Armitage)

Joshua Charles Armitage took the pen name Ionicus. He was a British cartoonist and illustrator who frequently contributed to Punch and illustrated the covers for the Penguin editions of P. G. Wodehouse. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of ... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1913 - 1998

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Katharine Sturges (Katherine Sturges Dodge Knight)

Born and raised in Chicago, Katherine Sturges married Clayton Knight, a fellow illustrator. She is the mother of Hilary Knight. She designed the china used at Blair House in Washington, D.C. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person.... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1890 - 1979

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Don Rosa (Keno Don Hugo Rosa)

Initially drawn to comics by his sister’s collection, Don Rosa trained as a civil engineer. His first serious comic book was a Scrooge McDuck adventure and he went on to become the universally hailed successor to Carl Barks.... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1951 - 0 B.C.

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Basil T. Blackwood (Lord Ian Basil Gawaine Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood )

Basil T. Blackwood was the son a a governor general of Canada. He was born in Ireland and died on the fields of Ypres.

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1870 - 1917

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Margaret Horder (Margaret I’Anson? Horder)

Margaret I’Anson Horder was a painter, illustrator and commercial artist. She was a prolific and successful book illustrator. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If s... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1903 - 1978

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M. Webb (Marie Peaud Webb)

M. Webb was born Marie Peaud Webb. In 1910, she married Cecil Charles Hewetson, the son of the publisher James Hewetson. She illustrated The Cotter's Saturday Night (1908).... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1879 - 1964

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Mary Chalmers (Mary Eileen Chalmers)

Mary Chalmers was born in Camden, New Jersey. Inspired by her sister’s decision to become an artist, she studied at The Philadelphia Museum College of Art and the Barnes Foundation. She was a successful commercial artist. In addition to illustr... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1927 - 0 B.C.

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Lee Kingman (Mary Lee Kingman-Natti)

Lee Kingman was an artist and children’s book author and editor. While at Houghton Mifflin she was Virginia Lee Burton’s editor.

Type:
Author
Illustrator
Editor
Compiler

Lived:
1919 - 0 B.C.

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Maud Fuller (Maud Petersham)

Maud Fuller Petersham (August 5, 1890 – November 29, 1971) and Miska Petersham (September 20, 1888 – May 15, 1960) were American writers and illustrators who helped set the direction for illustrated children’s books as we know them ... View More

Type:
Author
Illustrator

Lived:
1890 - 1971

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Milford Joseph Hunter III (Mel Hunter)

Milford Joseph Hunter III worked as an artist for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Then he worked as a freelance artist, mainly working in Science Fiction. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you coul... View More

Type:
Illustrator

Lived:
1927 - 2004

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