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The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.
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Birth: | 18th November, 1874 |
Death: | 28th December, 1935 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Cartoonist |
Clarence Shepard Day, Jr. was born in New York City, New York. He was an American author, best known for his 1935 work Life With Father. He graduated from Yale University in 1896, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record. Day was a vocal proponent of giving women the right to vote, and contributed satirical cartoons for U.S. suffrage publications in the 1910s. In 1920 his first book, This Simian World, a collection of humorous essays and illustrations, appeared. Day was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker magazine.
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