Draper Hill (1935 – May 13, 2009) was an American cartoonist and writer.L. Draper Hill, editorial cartoonist with Ledger roots, dies
, ''

The Patriot Ledger ''The Patriot Ledger'' is a daily newspaper in Quincy, Massachusetts, that serves the South Shore. It publishes Monday through Saturday. Known for its thorough news coverage of the 26 communities south of Boston, ''The Patriot Ledger'' has won ...

'' (May 18, 2009). He was educated at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

and from 1958 until 1964 he worked as a reporter and cartoonist for ''

''. He was also the editorial cartoonist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal (1971 -1976) and the ''

Detroit News ''The Detroit News'' is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival ''Detroit Free Press'' building. ''The News'' absorbed the ''Detroit Tribune'' on Februar ...

''.

Works

*''Cartoon and Caricature from Hogarth to Hoffnung'' (1962). *''Mr. Gillray: The Caricaturist, A Biography'' (1965). *''Fashionable Contrasts: Caricatures by James Gillray'' (1966). *''The Satirical Etchings of James Gillray'' (1976). *(with John Adler), ''Doomed by Cartoon: How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves'' (2008).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Draper 1935 births 2009 deaths American cartoonists Harvard University alumni