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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alfred_Mosher_ButtsAlfred Mosher Butts - Wikipedia

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   Alfred Mosher Butts (April 13, 1899 – April 4, 1993) was an American architect, famous for inventing the board game Scrabble in 1938.

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   Butts died in 1993 and did not become rich from his invention, but he was able to enjoy the worldwide popularity of Scrabble, which continues to sell millions of sets worldwide each year in 29 different languages. After being laid off from his job at an architecture firm in 1931, Alfred Mosher Butts fell on hard times.

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   Butts, Alfred Mosher ( b . 13 April 1899 in Poughkeepsie, New York ; d . 4 April 1993 in Rhinebeck, New York ), architect and inventor of the board game Scrabble. Butts was the youngest of five boys born to Allison Butts, a lawyer, and Arrie Elizabeth Mosher, a high school teacher.

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   On the morning of March 18, 1985, Alfred Mosher Butts, the inventor of Scrabble, boarded a private plane at the Dutchess County Airport outside of Poughkeepsie, New York, and flew to Burlington,...

6. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1993/04/10-mnAlfred Butts; Architect Created Game of Scrabble - Los ...

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   Apr 10, 1993 · Alfred Mosher Butts, an architect who created the durable board game Scrabble, which he dubbed simply “It” six decades ago, has died. He was 93. Butts died Sunday at a hospital in his...

7. www.independent.co.uk › news › peopleObituary: Alfred Butts | The Independent | The Independent

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   Apr 8, 1993 · Alfred Mosher Butts, architect and inventor: born 1900; died Rhinebeck, New York 4 April 1993. ALFRED BUTTS was one of those men whose invention, the word-game Scrabble, became bigger than he...

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   What happened to Alfred Mosher Butts?

   • Butts died in 1993 and did not become rich from his invention, but he was able to enjoy the worldwide popularity of Scrabble, which continues to sell millions of sets worldwide each year in 29 different languages. After being laid off from his job at an architecture firm in 1931, Alfred Mosher Butts fell on hard times.

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   What games did Alfred Mosher Butts play?

   • There were three types of game, he determined: move games like chess, number games such as bingo, and word games, of which he could think of just one example, Anagrams. Alfred Mosher Butts was fond of chess, crosswords and jigsaw puzzles, and the influence of all of these can be seen in Scrabble (Credit: Getty Images)

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   Who was Alfred Butts?

   • ALFRED BUTTS was one of those men whose invention, the word-game Scrabble, became bigger than he would ever be. An out-of-work architect from Poughkeepsie with time on his hands in Thirties New York, Butts turned his attentions to more leisurely pursuits. He was keen on words and games, a talented artist and illustrator, and desperate for money.

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   Why did Alfred Butts go to Vermont?

   • Alfred Butts, with his creation story for Scrabble, as an unemployed architect during the Depression, was promotional gold. The trip to Vermont was part of a deal they made with the old man. A few minutes from the airport the Vermont countryside opened up into dairy farms and frozen fields.

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9. www.bbc.com › culture › articleWord up: The secret story of Scrabble - BBC - Homepage

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   Sep 11, 2015 · The game also formerly known as It and Criss-Cross Words acquired its lasting moniker in 1948, but its story begins 15 years earlier, when a 32-year-old architect named Alfred Mosher Butts...