Robert Howard
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Robert Howard, Howard, Robert 1626-1698
English playwright and politician
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 29
Top works
- The Everest marathon
- An understanding of the fundamental techniques of volleyball
- Transformación de Las Razas en América (Illustrated)
- Unity Tree
- A treatise on salt
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1946-01-14
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 228
- Total plays
- 860
Tags
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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard was born and raised in the state of Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains with some time spent in the nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens body
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- Magdalene College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Conflict
- English Civil War
- Image
- Sir Robert Howard.jpg
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- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- Commons category
- Robert Howard (playwright)
- date of death
- 1698-01-01
- date of birth
- 1622-01-01
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- Sir
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