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- NAME: Rube Goldberg
- OCCUPATION: Illustrator, Journalist
- BIRTH DATE: July 04, 1883
- DEATH DATE: December 07, 1970
- EDUCATION: University of California
- PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco, California
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York
- Originally: Reuben Lucius Goldberg
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American cartoonist Rube Goldberg was best known for his work satirizing America's obsession with technology. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for his editorial cartoon "Peace Today."
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Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist whose work mocked America's fixation on technology. After receiving a degree from the University of California in 1904 he took a job designing sewer pipes for the San Francisco Sewer Department. A few months later he became a sportswriter and cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Bulletin. He also briefly worked for the New York Evening Mail, creating three long-running comic strips. His most popular drawings depicted complex gadgets that performed even the simplest tasks in convoluted, elaborate ways, known as Rube Golderberg machines. In 1948 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartoon, "Peace Today," which conveyed a warning against atomic weapons.
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