Birth Name: James Grover Thurber
Occupation: Cartoonist
Place Of Birth: Columbus
Date Of Birth: December 8, 1894
Date Of Death: November 2, 1961
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: American
James Thurber was born on the 8th of December, 1894. He was famous for being a Cartoonist. Cartoonist and author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. He won a special Tony Award for the adapted script of Carnival.
James Thurber was born in Columbus. He worked as a code clerk during WWI at the Department of State, and the Embassy of the United States, Paris, France. He could not graduate from Ohio State in 1918 because his eyesight kept him from taking a mandatory ROTC test, but he was later awarded the degree in 1955.
James Thurber was a Sagittarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
James Thurber was born in 1890s.
James Grover Thurber is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
James’s James Grover Thurber attended East High School, OH and Ohio State University, OH.
Family
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Personal Life
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James Thurber was born in the Year of the Horse.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | James Grover Thurber |
| NICKNAME: | James |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Thursday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: James Thurber was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: James Thurber was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are seen as warm-hearted and easygoing. Independence is one of their greatest strengths, but sometimes they're overly frank with others.
Ruling Planet: James Thurber had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
James Thurber’s birth sign is Sagittarius and he had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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