Attended college in Germany or Zurich, Switzerland
Occupation(s)
Dentist, newspaper cartoonist
Years active
Cartoonist from 1909 to 1925
Employer
Seattle Daily Times
Notable work
The Umbrella Man aka Weather Man
Dok's Dippy Duck
Spouse
Anna Hyde
Children
Carrie Hager (1883-1895)
Luther George Hager (1885- )
Mary Hager (1892-1950)
John Hyde Hager (1894-1927)
Parent(s)
Jacob H. Hager (father)
Carrie Ross (mother)
Awards
Life acknowledged on front page of Seattle Daily Times in obituary.
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John Ross "Dok" Hager (June 29, 1858 – June 14, 1932) was an American cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times, creator of a daily comic accompanying the weather report, and the comic stripDok's Dippy Duck.[1][2] Hager's nickname stems from his time as a dentist in Terre Haute, Indiana before he moved to Seattle, Washington in 1889 and began working for the Seattle Times.[1][2] Hager retired in 1925 due to blindness.[1][2]
In Seattle he was known as a weatherman and for his commentaries (using a cartoon of the Umbrella Man and of a talking duck).[1]