{"id":429,"date":"2011-03-05T06:33:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T06:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=429"},"modified":"2023-06-28T17:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T00:47:00","slug":"san-diegos-humorist-george-horatio-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"San Diego&#8217;s Humorist: George Horatio Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_432\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/George_Horatio_Derby1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-432\" data-attachment-id=\"432\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=432\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/George_Horatio_Derby1.jpg?fit=220%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"220,316\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"George_Horatio_Derby\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;George Horatio Derby&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/George_Horatio_Derby1.jpg?fit=220%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-432 \" title=\"George_Horatio_Derby\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/George_Horatio_Derby1.jpg?resize=208%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/George_Horatio_Derby1.jpg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/George_Horatio_Derby1.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Horatio Derby<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>We found ourselves in a large bar and billiard-room . . . Here I saw Lieutenant Derby, of the Topographical Engineers, an elderly gentlemen of emaciated appearance and serious cast of features. . .<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div>The story of Lt. Derby, Army engineer and the man Mark Twain would call &#8220;the first great modern humorist&#8221;<strong>\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/George-H.-Derby.pdf\">George H. 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