Bill Everett
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Everett in a 1940s Timely Comics promotional image
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| Born | William Blake Everett May 18, 1917 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died | February 27, 1973 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller |
| Pseudonym(s) | William Blake, Everett Blake Willie Bee Bill Roman |
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Notable works
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Sub-Mariner, Daredevil |
| Awards | The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, 2000 |
William Blake "Bill" Everett (May 18, 1917 – February 27, 1973) was a comic book writer-artist best known for creating Namor the Sub-Mariner and co-creating Daredevil with writer Stan Lee for Marvel Comics. He was a descendant of the poet William Blake and of Richard Everett, founder of Dedham, Massachusetts.
William Everett was born May 18, 1917 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Everett, a fabulist who spun fanciful stories of his youth, claimed at various points to have graduated from high school in Arizona, or instead to have joined the U.S. Merchant Marine at ages ranging from 15 to 17, among other tales. In actuality, he was born at the Cambridge Hospital (renamed Mount Auburn Hospital in 1947) and raised in nearby Watertown, Massachusetts, with his parents Robert Maxwell Everett and Elaine Grace Brown Everett, and his sister Elizabeth, born in 1915. His 300-year-old New England family included Everett, Massachusetts' namesake, Edward Everett, who after serving as president of Harvard University became governor of Massachusetts and, in 1852, the U.S. Secretary of State. It also includes Edward's son, Massachusetts Congressman William Everett; and the poet William Blake.
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