Robert Hobart Davis

Robert Hobart Davis (1869–1942) was a dramatist, journalist, and photographer from the U.S. He edited Munsey's Magazine from 1904 until 1925 and was a columnist for the New York Sun from 1925 to 1942 The New York Public Library has a collection of his papers. His photographs include portraits of prominent people.

Davis was born in Nebraska to Sylvia Nichols and George Ransome Davis. He grew up in Carson City, Nevada and began his career in newspapers there as a compositor at the Carson City Daily Appeal. He also lived in San Francisco where he reported for the San Francisco Examiner and the Call and Chronicle before moving to New York City in 1895 and joining the New York World and New York Journal. He joined Frank A. Munsey Company papers in 1904.

He was an influence on several authors who became famous and corresponded with many prominent people.

He was part of the Stevenson Society of America.

He interviewed Mussolini in Rome in 1926. He interviewed Angelo Capato.

Discography

 * "The Woodchuck Song" (1902), source of the phrase "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck" written for Fay Templeton in the musical 'The Runaways and rewritten by Theodore Morse for a 1904 song.
 * "Paradox"
 * "Lady Bountiful", lyrics

Filmography

 * Whoopee! (film), co-wrote screenplay
 * The Miracle Man (1932 film), co-wrote screenplay, an adaptation of George M. Cohan's 1914 play.