H.P. Lovecraft

Harold Phillips Lovecraft

• Born on August 20, 1890
• Died March 15, 1937
• Born to Sarah Susan Phillips (Lovecraft) and Winfield Scott Lovecraft
• Grew up in Providence, Rhode Island
• Traumatic Childhood... To say the least...

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What school?

• Sickly child
• Hope Highschool
• Never Graduated
• Liked Astronomy
• Published his works in newspapers

Marriage

• Sonia Greene
• Married for 2 years (1924-1926)
• H.P. didn't have kids with her

Literary Influences

• Edgar Allen Poe
• Lord Dunsay
• Astrology

Literary Styles

• Realist
• Supernatural
• Horror

Major Works

• The Call of Cthulu
• At the Mountians of Madness
• The Colour of Space
• The Cats of Ulthar
• The Beast in the Cave
• The Alchemist

Where is he now?

His Influences

• Batman
• South Park
• Black Sabbath
• Steven King

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
H.P. Lovecraft

Sources

• http://www.biography.com/people/hp-lovecraft-40102
• http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/20/ten-things-you-should-know-abo...