As an undergraduate, he acted in amateur theater and worked as campus reporter for several Chicago newspapers, notably the Record-Herald and the Daily News. He later said that this was where he acquired his early knowledge of the natural world that he satirized in his writings.Ĭuppy graduated from Auburn High School in 1902 and went on to the University of Chicago, where he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1907. Young Cuppy spent summers at a farm belonging to his grandmother, Sarah Collins Cuppy (1813-1900), on the banks of the Eel River near South Whitley, Indiana. His mother, Frances Stahl Cuppy (1855-1927), was a seamstress and worked in a small shop located next to the family home. His father, Thomas Jefferson Cuppy (1844-1912), was at different times a grain dealer, a seller of farm implements and a lumber buyer for the Eel River branch of the Wabash Railroad. Will Cuppy, born William Jacob Cuppy ( AugSeptember 19, 1949) in Auburn, Indiana, was an American humorist and journalist known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures.
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