What key details about frederick burr opper can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: frederick burr opper -lrb- january 2 , 1857 -- august 28 , 1937 -rrb- is regarded as one of the pioneers of american newspaper comic strips , best known for his comic strip '' happy hooligan '' . his comic characters were featured in magazine gag cartoons , covers , political cartoons and comic strips for six decades . born to austrian-american immigrants lewis and aurelia burr oppers in madison , ohio , frederick was the eldest of three children . at the age of 14 , he dropped out of public school to work as a printer 's apprentice at the local '' madison gazette '' , and at 16 , he moved to new york city where he worked in a store and continued to draw . he studied briefly at cooper union , followed by a short stint as pupil and assistant to illustrator frank beard . opper 's first cartoon was published in '' wild oats '' in 1876 , followed by cartoons and illustrations in '' scribner 's monthly '' and '' st. nicholas magazine '' . he worked as illustrator at '' frank leslie 's weekly '' from 1877 to 1880 . opper was then hired to draw for '' puck '' by publishers joseph keppler and adolph schwarzmann . he stayed with '' puck '' for 18 years , drawing everything from spot illustrations to chromolithograph covers . opper married nellie barnett on may 18 , 1881 . they had three children , lawrence , anna and sophia .
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- area is cartoonist- death date is 28 august 1937- birth date is 2 january 1857- name is frederick burr opper- nationality is american- death place is new rochelle , new york- birth place is madison , ohio