1. Otto Emil Plath was a German-American writer, academic, and biologist.
20 Facts About Otto Plath
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Otto Plath was the father of American poet Sylvia Plath and Warren Plath, and the husband of Aurelia Plath.
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Otto Plath wrote the 1934 book Bumblebees and Their Ways.
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Otto Plath is notable for being the subject of "Daddy", one of his daughter's most well-known poems.
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Otto Emil Plath was born on April 13,1885, in Grabow, Germany.
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Otto Plath was the oldest of six children of Theodore Plath, a blacksmith, and Ernestine Plath.
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When he arrived in New York Harbor, Otto Plath became infatuated with the city.
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Otto Plath decided to stay in New York City for a while instead of following his original plan to go immediately to his grandparents' house in Fall Creek, Wisconsin.
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Otto Plath agreed to this condition, and moved in with his grandparents.
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Otto Plath moved to Seattle, Washington, where he taught German at the University Heights School while taking advanced studies in German at the University of Washington.
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Via a friend, Rupert Bartz, Otto Plath met and in 1912 married Lydia Clara Bartz, Rupert's sister.
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The most notable examples of Otto Plath's publishers include The American Naturalist and The Biological Bulletin.
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Otto Plath accepted his invitation, and, at the party, Plath expressed his feelings of infatuation toward her.
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Once there, Otto Plath legally divorced Lydia Bartz without her participation or agreement.
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On January 4,1932, Otto Plath married Schober in Carson City, Nevada.
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Otto Plath moved in with him upon the couple's return to the east, and on October 27,1932, they had their first child, Sylvia Plath.
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In 1934, Otto Plath published his book Bumblebees and Their Ways.
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In 1935, shortly after the birth of his son Warren, Otto Plath began to become ill.
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In 1940, Otto Plath saw a doctor due to an infection on his foot.
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Otto Plath died soon after on November 5,1940, in Winthrop, Massachusetts.