Howard Phillips Lovecraft

1890 - 1937  (46 years)

• Name	Howard Phillips Lovecraft
  Birth	20 Aug 1890	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Mar 1937
  Burial	Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I11259	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Winfield Scott Lovecraft,   b. 26 Oct 1853   d. 19 Jul 1898 (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Sarah Susan Phillips,   b. 17 Oct 1857, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island d. 24 May 1921 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1889	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F6553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sonia Haft Shafirkin,   b. 16 Mar 1883   d. 26 Dec 1972 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1924	Manhattan, New York, New York
  Family ID	F6555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Aug 1890 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage - 3 Mar 1924 - Manhattan, New York, New York Burial - - Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of Howard Phillips "H.P." Lovecraft, 1890-1937

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from Cory Panshin (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 15 Oct 1997, citing S.T. Joshi, _H.P. Lovecraft: A Life_ (Necronomicon Press, 1996). Gives marriage in 1921. !SOURCE: Email from Jason (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 3 Jul 2001. Gives marriage date 3 Mar 1924, citing the New York Public Library Genealogy Department. !SOURCE: Email from Scott Langlais to the Whipple Website, 2 Oct 2002. Includes photo of Lovecraft's gravestone.