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Otto Plath
(1885-1940)
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Otto Emil Plath (April 13, 1885 – November 5, 1940) was a German American author, academic, and biologist. Plath worked as a professor of biology and German at Boston University, and as an entomologist, with a specific expertise on honey bees. He was the father of American poet Sylvia Plath, Warren Plath, and the husband of Aurelia Plath. He wrote the 1934 book, Bumblebees and Their Ways. He is notable for being the subject of one of his daughter's most well-known poems, Daddy.

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13 April 1885
Grabow, Germany
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5 November 1940 (aged 55)
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States
Zodiac Aries
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    Sylvia Plath info 1st child with Aurelia Plath Female b. 27 Oct 1932 d. 11 Feb 1963 Age: 30 (at death) 1932-1963 American poet and writer
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