Harold Tucker Webster, Webby to friends, was born in Parkesburg, West Virginia on September 21, 1875 and was a well-known American cartoonist between the 1920s and 1950s.
Growing up in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, at the age of 12 he sold his first cartoon to "Recreation" magazine.
He moved to Chicago and studied briefly at the "Frank Holmes School of Illustration", practically self-taught in 1912 he was hired by the New York Tribune.
Married to Ethel Worts he created his most famous character "Timid Soul".
Lover of bridge, he met the most famous players of the time and his cartoons on the game remain undying.
He died on September 22, 1952 in Stamford, Connecticut.