Arthur Edward Waite
October 2, 1857 – May 19, 1942 (aged 84)
Birth place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
<br> "US-born UK writer ... a leader of and ritual-writer for mystical orders" --SFE: <i>Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i> (1997), entry by A. E. Waite was "the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck" (or Waite-Smith deck) with artist . --Wikipedia