Robert Arthur Jr.
Robert Arthur Jr. was an American novelist, writer, screenwriter, journalist and film producer (1909–1969). He was born at Fort Mills and died at Philadelphia.
Also recorded as Robert Arthur.
Robert Arthur Jr. in brief
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1969
- Known for
- novelist, writer, screenwriter, journalist and film producer
- Place of birth
- Fort Mills
Contents
Formation and teaching
Robert Arthur Jr. studied at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Hampton High School.
Catalogued works
37 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1911 to 2006.
The Three Investigators. The Secret of Terror Castle. The Mystery of the Silver Spider. The Secret of Skeleton Island. Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful. The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot. The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure. The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy. The Mystery of the Sinister Scarecrow. The Mystery of the Dancing Devil. The Secret of the Crooked Cat. The Mystery of the Shrinking House. The Secret of the Haunted Mirror. The Mystery of the Talking Skull. The Secret of Phantom Lake. The Mystery of the Green Ghost. Stories my mother never told me. The Mystery of the Fiery Eye. Postpaid to Paradise. The Mystery of Death Trap Mine. Alfred Hitchock and the Three Investigators in The Mystery of Smashing Glass. Death Is a Dream. The Knife. The Mirror of Cagliostro. The Believers. Invitation, dated 1963, lift-ground aquatint and etching in black on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1963.1165. Silver Sun, dated 1929, oil, metallic paint, and an unidentified material (possibly wax) on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1949.531. Swing Music (Louis Armstrong), dated 1938, emulsion, oil, and wax on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1949.540. Nature Symbolized No. 2, dated c. 1911, pastel on paper on masonite, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1949.533. A rapid plethysmographic method for measuring thoracic gas volume : a comparison with a nitrogen washout method for measuring functional residual capacity in normal subjects / by Arthur B. DuBois [and others]., dated 1976, held by Wellcome Collection. Attitudes on altitude : pioneers of medical research in Colorado's high mountains / edited by John T. Reeves and Robert F. Grover., dated [2001], held by Wellcome Collection. Philosophy of science / editors, Peter A. French, Theodore E. Uehling, Jr., Howard K. Wettstein., dated [1993], held by Wellcome Collection. The age of AIDS. Part 1., dated 2006, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: K, dated 1976-1978, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: A, dated 1965-1970, held by Wellcome Collection. [Devenish-Durham], dated 1913-1922, held by Wellcome Collection. General Correspondence (K-Kh), dated 1949-1984, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 33 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Ashe, Arthur Robert, Jr., African American Studies Center, 2005. Brown, Arthur, Jr., Oxford Art Online, 2011. Arthur, Robert, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Austin, Arthur Everett, Jr., Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Goodnough, Robert Arthur, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
The Three Investigators Complete Series — Internet Archive. The Three Investigators Crimebusters Series — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1909Robert Arthur Jr. born at Fort Mills.
- 1969Robert Arthur Jr. died at Philadelphia.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Robert Arthur Jr.”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1937199: Robert Arthur Jr.
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Elsewhere in Books
15,964 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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