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(1890-1937)

Who Was H.P. Lovecraft?

H.P. Lovecraft was born in 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island.

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The horror magazine Weird Tales bought some of his stories in 1923. His story "The Call of Cthulhu" came out in 1928 in Weird Tales. Elements of this story would reappear in other related tales.

In his final years, he took editing and ghostwriting work to try to make ends meet. He died on March 15, 1937, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Early Life

Lovecraft was born Howard Phillips Lovecraft in 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Lovecraft had an unusual childhood marked by tragedy. His traveling salesman father developed a type of mental disorder caused by untreated syphilis when he was around the age of three. In 1893, his father became a patient at the Butler Hospital in Providence and there he remained until his death in 1898.

A sickly child, Lovecraft spent many of his school years at home.

He became an avid reader, devouring works on a variety of