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Also Known As	Robert Menzies McAlmon
Born	March 9, 1896 • Kansas
Died	February 2, 1956 (aged 59) • California
Founder	“Contact”
Notable Works	“A Hasty Bunch” • “Being Geniuses Together, 1920–1930” • “Village: As It Happened Through a Fifteen Year Period”

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