Hubbard Cobb (August 5, 1917 – September 27, 2006) was an American writer. A newspaper and radio personality, he was also the editor of The American Home and Ladies' Home Journal and the author of a number of books, including his 1950 debut Your Dream Home: How to Build It For Less Than $3500, The Amateur Builder's Handbook and 1970's The Dream House Encyclopedia.[1][2][3][4] Cited as "an authority on home improvement and building",[5] he was widely known in the
Do it yourself publishing field, with a column running from the 1940s through the 1960s.[6] He also spoke out about the unrealistic pressures on American women of the 1960s.[3]
A native of
New York City, Cobb was the son of
Frank I. Cobb and Margaret Ayer Cobb. Both of his parents were writers.[7] His father was a well-known columnist, editor of New York World.[8]