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Also Known As	Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Born	August 20, 1890 • Providence • Rhode Island
Died	March 15, 1937 (aged 46) • Providence • Rhode Island
Notable Works	“At the Mountains of Madness” • “Call of Cthulhu, The”

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