Henry Irving Dodge

Born on April 11, 1861, Henry Irving Dodge was an American writer and journalist. He became most widely known for creating Skinner, a character who appeared in Skinner's Dress Suit and other humorous stories that found a wide readership in the 1910s.

Dodge wrote in several forms, including magazine fiction and novels, and his work reflects the brisk, entertaining style of popular American writing of his era. One of his later novels, The Thirteenth Juror, was published in 1927.

He died on July 28, 1934. Though he is not as widely remembered today as some of his contemporaries, his stories offer a vivid glimpse of the wit and storytelling tastes of early 20th-century America.