John Hager (cartoonist)
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Caricature of John "DOK" Hager, done by one of the members of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club for the club's 1911 book about famous Seattleites.
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| Born |
John Ross Hager June 29, 1858 Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Died | June 14, 1932 (aged 73) Seattle, Washington |
| Residence | Terre Haute, Indiana and Seattle, Washington |
| Nationality | USA |
| Education | Attended college in Germany or Zurich, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Dentist, newspaper cartoonist |
| Years active | Cartoonist from 1909 to 1925 |
| Employer | Seattle Daily Times |
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| Spouse(s) | Anna Hyde |
| Children |
Carrie Hager (1883-1895) |
| Parent(s) |
Jacob H. Hager (father) |
| Awards | Life acknowledged on front page of Seattle Daily Times in obituary. |
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Carrie Hager (1883-1895)
Luther George Hager (1885- )
Mary Hager (1892-1950)
Jacob H. Hager (father)
John Ross "Dok" Hager (June 29, 1858 – June 14, 1932) was an American cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times, creator of a daily comic accompanying the weather report, and the comic strip Dok's Dippy Duck. Hager's nickname stems from his time as a dentist in Terre Haute, Indiana before he moved to Seattle, Washington in 1889 and began working for the Seattle Times. Hager retired in 1925 due to blindness.
In Seattle he was known as a weatherman and for his commentaries (using a cartoon of the Umbrella Man and of a talking duck).
He was the son of Jacob H. Hager and Carrie Ross of Terre Haute, Indiana. Before moving to Indiana, his family had lived in Hagerstown, Maryland. He married Anna Hyde, who gave him four children. Two of his children were alive when he died.
After he attended school in Europe (his obituary says Germany, but his passport application said Zurich, Switzerland), he set up as a dentist in Terre Haute. He moved to Seattle in 1889, where he continued as a dentist. in 1909 he began cartooning full-time with the Seattle Daily Times and gave up his practice.
His son, George Hager was also an artist in Seattle, working as an illustrator for the town's rival newspaper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He also edited children's page for the Christian Science Monitor George Hager studied art at the University of Washington and the Arts Student League in New York, where another Seattle cartoonist, William Charles McNulty taught. Both Hagers participated in the Seattle Cartoonists' Club, contributing caricatures of the famous men of Seattle for the club's book, The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men.
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