Sidney Smith (cartoonist)

Sidney Smith
Portrait circa 1912
Born	Robert Sidney Smith (1877-02-13)February 13, 1877 Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 20, 1935(1935-10-20) (aged 58) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Notable works	The Gumps Old Doc Yak
Spouse(s)	Pauline Margaret Welch ​ ​ (m. 1912; div. 1917)​ Aedita de Beaumont ​ ​ (m. 1925; sep. 1925)​

Robert Sidney Smith (February 13, 1877 – October 20, 1935), known as Sidney Smith, was the creator of the influential comic strip The Gumps, based on an idea by Captain Joseph M. Patterson, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.