Gilbert Cant (September 16, 1909 – August 1, 1982)"Gilbert Cant." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Gale Biography In Context. was a

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-born American journalist. Cant arrived in the U.S. in 1934 and began working for the ''

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'' in 1937. He was a war correspondent in the

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during

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and wrote three books on the subject, ''The War at Sea'', ''America's Navy in World War II'', and ''The Great Pacific Victory''. He joined ''

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'' in 1943 and was their medical editor from 1949 to 1969. Cant was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the

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, which served as the basis of

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's fictional group of mystery solvers the

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. Cant himself was the model for the Thomas Trumbull character. After Cant died, Asimov dedicated the collection ''

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'' (1984) to his memory and to that of

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Bibliography

*''The War at Sea'' (1942) *''America's Navy in World War II'' (1943) *''This Is the Navy'' (1944), editor *''War on Japan'' (1945) *''The Great Pacific Victory from the Solomons to Tokyo'' (1946) *''Medical Research May Save Your Life!'' (1954) *''New Medicines for the Mind: Their Meaning and Promise'' (1955) *''Male Trouble: A New Focus on the Prostate'' (1976),

References

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