Robert Edwards (October 4, 1879 – November 2, 1948) was an American artist, musician, and writer, and a prominent figure among New York City's

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in the 1920s and '30s. He was editor and publisher of the Greenwich Village ''Quill'', and was known as the "Bard of Bohemia" and the "Village Troubadour" for his many songs he wrote and sang publicly. Edwards was born in

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in 1879, and in 1901 graduated from

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, where he was editor of the '' Harvard Lampoon''. He studied at the

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in Buffalo and New York City, the Chase School, and the

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and Cowles Art Schools in Boston. He became a member of the Society of Illustrators in 1910, and his illustrations appeared in books by

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, and

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, as well as magazines such as ''

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'' and the ''Quill'', of which he became editor in 1921. He died in New York City at the age of 69.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Robert 1879 births 1948 deaths Artists from New York City American ukulele players Poets from New York (state) Songwriters from New York (state) American illustrators People from Greenwich Village Harvard University alumni 20th-century American artists The Harvard Lampoon alumni