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Alfred Mosher Butts

Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (died 1993)

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Born
April 13, 1899
Died
April 4, 1993
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1899

About Alfred Mosher Butts

Alfred Mosher Butts was an American architect, famous for inventing the board game Scrabble in 1931. Alfred Mosher Butts (April 13, 1899 – April 4, 1993) was an American architect, famous for inventing the board game Scrabble in 1931. In his 80s, Butts invented another game, titled simply Alfreds Other Game, released in 1985 by Selchow and Righter. Butts was a resident of Jackson Heights, New York, and the game of Scrabble was invented there.

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Alfred Mosher Butts timeline

  1. Alfred Mosher Butts (April 13, 1899 – April 4, 1993) was an American architect, famous for inventing the board game Scrabble in 1931.
  2. In his 80s, Butts invented another game, titled simply Alfreds Other Game, released in 1985 by Selchow and Righter.

The world when Alfred Mosher Butts was born

Alfred Mosher Butts was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alfred Mosher Butts's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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