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A Short Biography of Alexander Humphreys Woollcott

Author Name:

Alexander Humphreys Woollcott

Born As:

Alexander Humphreys Woollcott

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Born:

19 Jan 1887

Died:

23 Jan 1943




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Critic and writer                          
                          
Never married or had children.                          
Critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table.                          
Woollcott's review of the Marx Brothers' Broadway debut, I'll Say She Is, helped highlight the renaissance of the group's career and started a life-long friendship with Harpo Marx. Two of Harpo's adopted sons are named William Woollcott Marx and Alexander Marx after him.