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4 unusual facts about Alfred Galpin


Alfred Galpin

Lovecraft quickly came to think of Galpin as an honorary 'grandson', nicknamed him 'Alfredus', and the two wrote a number of poems for each other and engaged in the Gallomo correspondence circle together.

He attended the Sorbonne in Paris in 1931–1932, thereafter during the 1930s living with his wife in fascist Italy where he was a professional composer and pianist.

Alfred Galpin was a young prodigy, the son of the banker and inventor Alfred Galpin, Jr. (1841–1924) of Appleton, Wisconsin.

Gallomo

Gallomo was the name of a circle of literary correspondence between Alfred Galpin, H. P. Lovecraft, and Maurice W. Moe in the first couple decades of the 20th century.



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