Editing Rube Goldberg (section)

==Early life and education==
Goldberg was born on July 4, 1883, in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], to [[American Jews|Jewish]] parents Max and Hannah ([[née]] Cohn) Goldberg.<ref name="Cont448">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHREAAAAMAAJ&q=%22rube+goldberg%22+jewish+max+hannah |title=Contemporary Authors: First revision, Volumes 5–8 |publisher=Gale Research Company |year=1969 |page=448 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHREAAAAMAAJ&q=%22rube+goldberg%22+francisco |title=Contemporary Authors: First revision |date=1969 |publisher=Gale Research Company |language=en}}</ref> He was the third of seven children, three of whom died as children; older brother Garrett, younger brother Walter, and younger sister Lillian also survived.<ref name="marzio">{{cite book |title=Rube Goldberg: His Life and Work |first=Peter C. |last=Marzio |publisher=Harper and Row |year=1973|isbn=978-0060128302 }}</ref> Goldberg began tracing illustrations when he was four years old, and he took his only drawing lessons with a local sign painter.<ref name="marzio"/>