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| Description: | Composer, USA | | Known For: | Writer of the words to the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." | | | | Location: | United States of America | | | | Web Site: | http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C191?exhibitId=191 | | | | Date Born: | 1st August 1779 | | Location Born: | Carroll County, Maryland, United States of America | | | | Date Died: | 11th January 1842 | | Location Died: | Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America | | Cause Of Death: | Pleurisy | | Memorial: | He was initially interred in Old Saint Paul's Cemetery in the vault of John Eager Howard. In 1866, his body was moved to his family plot in Frederick at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
| | | | Summary: | The author of America’s national anthem, Francis Scott Key, was born on August 1, 1779 on his parents’ plantation “Terra Rubra” in Frederick, Maryland.
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