Chester Gould
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Chester Gould was an American cartoonist best known for creating the long-running detective comic strip "Dick Tracy."
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cartoonist
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cartoonist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Reuben Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | McHenry County, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| created | Dick Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-11-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-05-11 ⓘ |
| depicted | police procedures and crime-fighting technology in comics ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Northwestern University
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Oklahoma A&M College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Chicago Tribune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfWorkOn | Dick Tracy, 1977 ⓘ |
| familyName | Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comic strips
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popular culture ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective comics ⓘ |
| givenName | Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Jean Gould O’Connell
NERFINISHED
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another daughter ⓘ |
| influenced |
crime and detective comic strips
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superhero comics aesthetics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Cartoonists Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Chester Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacterCreated |
Big Boy
NERFINISHED
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Dick Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ Flattop NERFINISHED ⓘ Pruneface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating the long-running detective comic strip Dick Tracy ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dick Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartoonist
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comic strip creator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Woodstock, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
Woodstock, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signatureWork | Dick Tracy daily and Sunday strips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Edna Gauger Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfWorkOn | Dick Tracy, 1931 ⓘ |
| style | high-contrast, hardboiled crime cartooning ⓘ |
| workedOn | Chicago Tribune comic strip pages ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.