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Full Name: Alexander Woollcott
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(1887-1943) Writer. "While Rome Burns" (1934), was a member of the Algonquin Hotel's Round Table. He stayed at 34 W. 12th Street.
Author's Timeline:
1887 (Unknown) County
Born in Phalanx, New Jersey. 
1943 New York County
Died in New York City. 
1909 Oneida County
Graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, in 1909. 
1934 (Unknown) County
"While Rome Burns"
 
? New York County
Was a member of the Algonquin Hotel's Round Table and stayed at 34 W 12th Street. 
? Oneida County
Buried at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. 
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