Dunne << duhn >>, Finley Peter (1867-1936), was an American humorist and journalist. He created the character of Mr. Dooley, an Irish Roman Catholic owner of a tavern in Chicago. Dooley expressed Dunne’s social and political views in over 700 newspaper sketches from 1893 to 1919. In a comic Irish dialect, Dooley criticized American foreign policy, social fads, politicians, overly enthusiastic reformers, and the follies he saw in labor and management. As a neighborhood philosopher and independent businessman, Dooley became a spokesman for conservative older Americans.
Dunne was born on July 10, 1867, in Chicago and had a personal background similar to that of Mr. Dooley. Dunne spent much of his adult life working as a newspaper and magazine editor. He died on April 24, 1936.
