Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr.

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Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. (March 17, 1911 – February 18, 2001) was an American journalist and author. He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. He co-authored, with his sister Ernestine, the autobiographical bestsellers Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes.

Gilbreth died on February 18, 2001, aged 89, in Charleston, South Carolina.[1]

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  1. "Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.; Co-Wrote 'Cheaper by the Dozen'". Los Angeles Times. February 23, 2001. Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., 81, coauthor of "Cheaper by the Dozen" and its sequel, "Belles on Their Toes." In South Carolina, Gilbreth was known for his popular column "Doing the Charleston," which he wrote under the pen name Ashley Cooper from the late 1940s to 1993, in the Charleston Post and Courier.