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Also Known As	Frederick Campbell Crews
Born	February 20, 1933 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died	June 21, 2024 (aged 91) • Oakland • California
Notable Works	“Out of My System: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, and Critical Method” • “Skeptical Engagements” • “The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebook” • “The Sins of the Fathers: Hawthorne’s Psychological Themes”

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