Author: Ralph Adams Cram
Alternate names: Ralph A. Cram; R. A. Cram; Ralph Adams; Ralph Adam Cram
Born: 16 December 1863
Died: 22 September 1942
Bio: > An American architect, poet and story-teller; born in New Hampshire, Dec. 16, 1863; died in 1942. He co-founded the award-winning architectural firm Cram & Goodhue. He wrote *The Decadent, Being the Gospel of Inaction*; *Black Spirits and White*, a book of ghost stories; *In the Island of Avalon*, a volume of verse; *The Gothic Quest* (1907); *Heart of Europe* (1915).