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Bairnsfather

British  
/ ˈbɛənzˌfɑːðə /

noun

  1. Bruce . 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I

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Lauren Bairnsfather, director of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, said America has been such “a place of assimilation and opportunity” for Jews that many were blindsided by the massacre.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2022

He was then a private in the United States Medical Corps, and his O. D.'s made him look more like Bairnsfather than Dickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dashing Captain Bruce Bairnsfather went to France in 1914 with Britain's Royal Warwickshire Regiment, saw his cartoons�featuring a character called "Old Bill"�become immensely popular with soldiers and civilians alike.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a Bairnsfather World War I classic, which could have served as a prototype for Mauldin's World War II Willie and Joe cartoons, see cut.�ED.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ha, by the by, Mrs Bairnsfather, good creature, wishes to read it.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various