Robert Hobart Davis
His photographs include portraits of prominent people. Davis was born in Brownsville, Nebraska, to Sylvia Nichols and George Ransome Davis. He grew up in Carson City, Nevada, and began his career in newspapers there as a compositor at the Carson City Daily Appeal.
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Robert Hobart Davis
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- Born
- 1869 · Brownsville.
- Died
- 1942 · Montreal.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- editor · writer · lyricist · photographer
- Honours
- member of the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame
- Languages
- English
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His photographs include portraits of prominent people. Davis was born in Brownsville, Nebraska, to Sylvia Nichols and George Ransome Davis. He grew up in Carson City, Nevada, and began his career in newspapers there as a compositor at the Carson City Daily Appeal.
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• Whoopee! (film), co-wrote screenplay • The Miracle Man (1932 film), co-wrote screenplay, an adaptation of George M. Cohan's 1914 play.
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1869
Robert Hobart Davis was born on 23 March 1869.
1942
Robert Hobart Davis died on 11 October 1942.
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Carson City, San Francisco and New York City
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Brownsville.
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Montreal.
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He also lived in San Francisco where he reported for the San Francisco Examiner and the Call and Chronicle before moving to New York City in 1895 and joining the New York World and New York Journal. He joined Frank A. Munsey Company papers in 1904. He was an influence on several authors who became famous and corresponded with many prominent people. He was part of the Stevenson Society of America. He interviewed Mussolini in Rome in 1926. He interviewed Angelo Capato.
• Illustration — Bob Davis • "The Woodchuck Song" (1902), source of the phrase "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck" written for Fay Templeton in the musical The Runaways and rewritten by Theodore Morse for a 1904 song. • "Paradox" • "Lady Bountiful", lyrics
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Robert Hobart Davis is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded as editor, writer, lyricist and photographer.
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