Given the question: Facts: - death place: berks county , pennsylvania , united states - alt: head one black lens . the man is white-haired and mostly and bald , and sports a goatee and mustache . shoulders of elderly man wearing glasses with - caption: jack coggins at age 91 - death date: 30 january 2006 - spouse: alma wood -lrb- 1948 -- 2006 -rrb- - birth date: 10 july 1911 - name: jack banham coggins - image size: 200px - nationality: british , american - image: jack coggins.jpg - birth place: london , england - occupation: author , illustrator , and artist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack coggins .
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jack banham coggins -lrb- july 10 , 1911 -- january 30 , 2006 -rrb- was an artist , author , and illustrator .he is known in the united states for his oil paintings , which focused predominantly on marine subjects .he is also known for his books on space travel , which were both authored and illustrated by coggins .besides his own works , coggins also provided illustrations for advertisements and magazine covers and articles .during world war ii , he served as an artist and correspondent for '' yank '' magazine , capturing and conveying wartime scenes from the front lines .over the course of his career , coggins produced more than 1,000 paintings and taught art classes for 45 years .he retired in may 2001 and died at his home in pennsylvania in january 2006 .