Bennett Cerf

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Bennett Cerf was an American publisher, humorist, and co-founder of the publishing house Random House, known for popularizing many major 20th-century authors.

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Bennett Alfred Cerf 1
Random House 0

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instanceOf human ⓘ
awardReceived Gold Medal for Humor of the American Legion ⓘ
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
child Christopher Cerf ⓘ
coFounded Random House ⓘ
coFounder Bennett Cerf self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-05-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-08-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism ⓘ
employer Random House ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Vinton Cerf ⓘ
surface form: Cerf
fieldOfWork American literature ⓘ
humor writing ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
fullName Bennett Cerf self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bennett Alfred Cerf
genre humor ⓘ
givenName Bennett ⓘ
hasInfluenced 20th-century American literature ⓘ
American publishing industry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Phi Beta Kappa Society ⓘ
notableFor appearing on the television show "What’s My Line?" ⓘ
popularizing major 20th-century authors ⓘ
publishing modern literature ⓘ
notableWork Shake Well Before Using ⓘ
The Laugh’s on Me ⓘ
Try and Stop Me ⓘ
occupation humorist ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
television personality ⓘ
writer ⓘ
participantIn What’s My Line? ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mount Kisco, New York ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Random House ⓘ
president of Random House ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Phyllis Fraser ⓘ
Sylvia Sidney ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Bennett Cerf → coFounder → Bennett Cerf self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Random House
Random House → foundedBy → Bennett Cerf ⓘ
Bennett Cerf → fullName → Bennett Cerf self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bennett Alfred Cerf
Random House → hasEditor → Bennett Cerf ⓘ