These are the main events in Edwin’s life.
- 1868 – Born – Born in Philadelphia, PA
- 1870 – Resident – Philadelphia, PA
- 1879 – Student – Nazareth Hall boarding school in Nazareth, PA
- 1880 – Resident – Lived in Northampton, PA (attending Nazareth)
- 1885-1892 – Student – Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia, PA
- 1892 – Husband – Married Eleanor in Philadelphia, PA
- 1895 – Illustrator – The Monthly Illustrator
- 1896 – Illustrator – Joseph Pulitzer’s newspaper, The World
- 1897 – Illustrator – Life Magazine
- 1900 – Resident – Lived in Philadelphia, PA
- 1900-? – Student – Attended the Académie Julian in Paris; Eleanor accompanied him
- 1902 – Illustrator – Country Life
- 1902 – Illustrator – The Cosmopolitan
- 1910 – Resident – Lived in New York City
- 1910 – Illustrator – Century Magazine
- 1911 – Illustrator – St. Nicholas magazine
- 1911-1913 – Illustrator – The Sun
- 1912 – Illustrator – New-York Tribune
- 1912 – Illustrator – Satire, a Pulitzer periodical
- 1913 – Author – What to Draw and How to Draw It
- 1915 – Author – Practical Drawing
- 1918 – Author – Practical Art Anatomy
- 1920 – Resident – New York City
- 1920 – Author – Animated Cartoons
- 1921 – Author – Drawing Made Easy
- 1922 – Illustrator – The Seattle Intelligencer’s Book of Magic
- 1922 – Illustrator – The Washington Times
- 1924 – Author – Instead of Scribbling
- 1925 – Traveller – Travelled to England; cited residence as Weehawken, NJ
- 1925 – Author – Practical Graphic Figures
- 1926 – Author – Practical Pictorial Composition
- 1927 – Author – The Motion-Picture Cameraman
- 1928 – Author – Practical Pen Drawing
- 1928 – Author – More Things to Draw
- 1929 – Author – Practical Art Lettering
- 1930 – Resident – Lived in Dumont, NJ; First record that divorced
- 1930 – Author – Practical Landscape Paintings in Oils
- 1931 – Author – Animal Drawing in Outline
- 1931 – Author – Practical Water-color Sketching
- 1933 – Author – Practical Engraving and Etching
- 1936 – Author – Practical Course in Memory Drawing
- 1940 – Resident – Lived in Dumont, NJ
- 1946 – Resident – Lived in Dumont, NJ
- 1951 – Death