Dunne, Finley Peter

Dunne, Finley Peter

(born July 10, 1867, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died April 24, 1936, New York, N.Y.) U.S. journalist and humorist. A son of Irish immigrants, Dunne began contributing Irish-dialect sketches to Chicago newspapers in 1892. In these he created the character Martin Dooley, who commented on current events in a rich Irish brogue. Mr. Dooley soon became a force for clear thinking and tolerance in public affairs. Dunne wrote more than 700 dialect essays, some of which were republished in eight volumes, including Mr. Dooley in Peace and War and Mr. Dooley's Philosophy, from 1898 to 1919.

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Dunne, Finley Peter (1867–1936) journalist, humorist; born in Chicago. As a Chicago journalist he created the fictional Mr. Dooley (1892), a garrulous Irish barkeeper whose rogue—and brogue—commentaries on current events were nationally syndicated and reprinted in eight volumes (1898–1919). He moved to New York (1900) and was associated with Collier's, American Magazine and the socialist Metropolitan before retiring in 1927.