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James Whitcomb Riley

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Profession
Children's Author
Died
Jul 22, 1916
Zodiac
Libra
Born in
Greenfield IN
About
A Nineteenth-century author of dialect works and children's poetry, he is particularly known for poems such as "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man." The former work was the inspiration for the Little Orphan Annie character of comic strip, stage play, and film fame.
Family
He grew up in Greenfield, Indiana with five siblings. His father was a Democratic nominee to the Indiana House of Representatives.

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