L. Frank Baum

Novelist, Author

1856 – 1919

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Who was L. Frank Baum?

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works, and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers, wireless telephones, women in high risk, action-heavy occupations, and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing.

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Born
May 15, 1856
Chittenango
Also known as
  • Floyd Akers
  • Laura Bancroft
  • Frank Baum
  • Louis F. Baum
  • George Brooks
  • John Estes Cooke
  • Captain Hugh Fitzgerald
  • Suzanne Metcalf
  • Schuyler Staunton
  • Edith Van Dyke
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Peekskill Military Academy
  • Syracuse University
Lived in
  • Syracuse
Died
May 6, 1919
Hollywood

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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