Arthur Wynne was the British-born inventor of the modern crossword puzzle.
10 Facts About Arthur Wynne
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Arthur Wynne was born on June 22,1871, in Liverpool, England, and lived on Edge Lane for a time.
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Arthur Wynne's father was the editor of the local newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury.
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Arthur Wynne emigrated to the United States on June 6,1891, at the age of 19, settling for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Arthur Wynne later moved to New York City and worked on the New York World newspaper.
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Arthur Wynne is best known for the invention of the crossword puzzle in 1913, when he was a resident of Cedar Grove, New Jersey.
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Arthur Wynne created the page of puzzles for the "Fun" section of the Sunday edition of the New York World.
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Arthur Wynne subsequently pioneered the use of black squares in a symmetrical arrangement to separate words in rows and columns.
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Arthur Wynne became a naturalized US citizen in the 1920s.
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Arthur Wynne died in Clearwater, Florida, on January 14,1945.