Date of birth: 15 May 1856
Date of death: 6 May 1919
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Lyman Frank Baum was a US author, poet, playwright, actor, and independent filmmaker best known today as the creator - along with illustrator WW Denslow - of one of the most popular books in US children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. - [Wikipedia][1]


[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum

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