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Apr 28, 1906 Died on 08 Jul 1964 (aged 58)
American artist and creator of children's books
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About Hugh Troy
- Hugh Charles Troy, Jr.
- (1906–1964) was a US painter who is noted for his pranks. Troy was a son of a Cornell University dairy professor of the same name, and both father and son were members of the Quill and Dagger society.
- Troy attended Cornell as an architecture student from 1922 to 1927, although he was suspended without receiving a degree due to a particular joke that offended the administration.
- Although many of his practical jokes on campus are legendary, university historians have been unable to prove their truthfulness and some suspect the majority of his tales to be exaggerated or entirely fabricated.
- After serving in the military in World War II (under Gen.
- Curtis LeMay), he made his living as an illustrator for books and magazines, authoring three children's stories.
- He died in 1964.
