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Arthur Wynne is most famous for being the inventor of the crossword puzzle.

Arthur was born in Liverpool on the 22nd of June 1871. In 1881 he was living at 100 Edge Lane with his father George Wynne and siblings. Arthur emigrated to the USA on the 6th of June 1891 and in 1913 while working in New York invented the crossword puzzle.

He died on the 14th of January 1945 in the USA.