Henry King Ketcham is born March 14, 1920 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.[1][2] He is a son of Weaver Vinson Ketcham and Virginia Emma King.[1]
He is an American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994, when he retired from drawing the daily cartoon and took up painting full-time in his home studio. In 1953, he received the Reuben Award for the strip, which continues today in the hands of other artists.
Henry dies June 1, 2001 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey, California, United States.[2]
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC34-YHK : accessed 27 May 2020), Henry Ketcham in household of Weaver Ketcham, Seattle, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 81, sheet 26A, line 17, family 285
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