William Allen Rogers

Background

Rogers, William Allen was born on May 23, 1854 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of William Allen and Elizabeth (Smith) Rogers.

Educated Worcester Polytechnic Institute (non-graduate).

Illustrator and cartoonist Daily Graphic, New York, 1873-1877, later for Harper’s Weekly, Harper’s Magazine, Life, Saint Nicholas, Century, et cetera

William Allen Rogers has been listed as a noteworthy cartoonist by Marquis Who's Who.

Member of the board of directors School for Disabled Soldiers.

Married Sarah Benson, April.

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Decorated Chevalier Legion of Honor, France, on account of cartoons appearing in the Herald (New York and Paris) during World War I.

Decorated Chevalier Legion of Honor, France, on account of cartoons appearing in the Herald (New York and Paris) during World War I.