| Harold Knerr | |
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| Born | Harold Hering Knerr September 4, 1882 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 8, 1949 (aged 66) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist, writer |
Notable works | The Katzenjammer Kids |
Harold Hering Knerr (September 4, 1882 – July 8, 1949) was an American comic strip creator, who signed his work H. H. Knerr. He was the writer-artist of the comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids for 35 years.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Harold Knerr's father was Calvin B. Knerr, a German physician who had migrated to the United States. His mother was Melitta Hering, daughter of Constantine Hering, a pioneer of homeopathy. After attending the Episcopal Academy, he studied for two years at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art and then became a newspaper illustrator. He recalled, "My first newspaper work was drawing pictures of gravestones atop the oldest graves in a local cemetery for The Philadelphia Record. These were paid for at the fee of three dollars each."[1]
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