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 Robert E. Howard - Brownwood, TX Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 31° 42.105 W 098° 59.895
14R E 500165 N 3507377
This is the grave of Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian.
Waymark Code: WM3176
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2008
Views: 25
Robert E. Howard, his mother Hester Ervin and his father Isaac M. Howard are buried in Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood, Texas.
Related waymarks:
Robert E. Howard (Texas Historical Marker): WM316V
Robert E. Howard House: WM5A02
Robert E. Howard Museum: WM5A35
Description:
Howard was born in Peaster, Parker County, TX. He began writing in his teens and continued until he committed suicide. He lived in a time and place where he heard the life stories of people that had been in the Civil War, people who had fought Comanches, people who'd traveled to Texas in covered wagons.
He wrote about everything, over three hundred stories: Westerns, boxing stories, detective stories, oriental stories, sea stories, humor, and he essentially created the sword-and-sorcery fantasy genre.
He died in Cross Plains, TX; committing suicide after being told that his mother would never regain consciousness.
Date of birth: 01/22/1906
Date of death: 06/11/1936
Area of notoriety: Literature
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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