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Butts, Alfred Mosher, 1899-1993

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Personal name headingButts, Alfred Mosher, 1899-1993
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNew York (N.Y.) Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date1899-04-13
Death date1993-04-04
Place of birthPoughkeepsie (N.Y.)
Field of activityArchitecture Scrabble (Game)
Profession or occupationArchitects
Found inWikipedia, viewed May 7, 2021 (Alfred Mosher Butts; American architect; famous for inventing the board game Scrabble in 1938; born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., April 13, 1899; graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1924 with a degree in architecture; was unemployed as an architect when he invented Scrabble in 1938, then living in Jackson Heights, New York; died on April 4, 1993)