Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (1911–2001)
Auteur de Treize à la douzaine
A propos de l'auteur
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., March 17, 1911 - February 18, 2001 Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. was born march 17, 1911 in Plainfield New Jersey to Frank B. Gilbreth Sr., an efficiency expert and Lillian M. Gilbreth, an educator. He was one of twelve children who grew up together in Montclair, NJ. He is, in fact afficher plus known for the book he and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey wrote together about that selfsame childhood, entitled Cheaper By the Dozen. He graduated from the University of Michigan where he was editor for the college paper, the Michigan Daily. After college, Gilbreth worked as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, the Associated Press in Raleigh, NC and then New York and finally ended up at the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC. He wrote the column "Doing the Charleston" from the late '40's till 1993, as well as the added duties of assistant publisher of the Post and Courier and vice president of Evening Post Publishing Company. Glibreth also wrote the Dictionary of Charlsetonese, a pamphlet which made fun of the Charleston accent. While Gilbreth was known for Cheaper By the Dozen, he also wrote it's sequel Belles on Their Toes, both of which were made into feature films. He has also written eight other books and was named to the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 1998. His column in the Courier and Post was one of the longest running columns in the United States. Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. died on Sunday, February 18, 2001 at the age of 89. afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) The popular works “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Belles on Their Toes” were written by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. Their father, Frank B. Gilbreth, Sr. was an author in his own right who wrote, alone or with his wife Lillian, a number of works in the field of Motion Study and Efficiency.
Séries
Œuvres de Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Lord Ashley Cooper's Dictionary of Charlestonese 3 exemplaires
Cheaper by the Dozen [dramatization] 3 exemplaires
Cheaper by the Dozen - Musical 2 exemplaires
A Dictionary of Bostonese and Charlestonese 1 exemplaire
Mor til Elleve 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 06: Harvest of Holidays (1900) — Contributeur — 152 exemplaires
The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Contributeur — 25 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Gilbreth Jr., Frank B.
- Nom légal
- Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, Jr.
- Date de naissance
- 1911-03-17
- Date de décès
- 2001-02-18
- Lieu de sépulture
- Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Charleston, South Carolina, USA - Professions
- journalist
- Relations
- Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth (sister)
Gilbreth, Frank B., Sr. (father)
Gilbreth, Lillian (mother) - Organisations
- The Charleston Post and Courier
- Notice de désambigüisation
- The popular works “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Belles on Their Toes” were written by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. Their father, Frank B. Gilbreth, Sr. was an author in his own right who wrote, alone or with his wife Lillian, a number of works in the field of Motion Study and Efficiency.
Membres
Critiques
Treize à la douzaine par Frank et Ernestine Gilbreth
Humouristique mais sans plus
Listes
1970s (2)
Sonlight Books (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 6,089
- Popularité
- #4,045
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 101
- ISBN
- 97
- Langues
- 7
- Favoris
- 1
