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Owen Middleton

1888–1954

United States

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Owen Middleton (Owen Charles Middleton, 1888–1954) was an American cartoonist and political activist. In addition to his illustrations, he is notable for writing a letter from Sing Sing prison, published in 1933 by Will Durant as an appendix to On the Meaning of Life.

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