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Miskatonic University is a fictional university located in Arkham; a fictitious town which is said to exist in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is named after the Miskatonic River (which is also fictional). After first appearing in the H. P. Lovecraft 1922 serial "Herbert West—Reanimator", the school appeared in numerous horror stories in the Cthulhu Mythos written by Lovecraft and other writers. It is implied in "The Dunwich Horror" that Miskatonic University is a highly prestigious university, on par with Harvard, and along with Harvard, the two most popular schools for the children of the “Old Gentry” in the state of Massachusetts to attend. It also appears in role-playing games based on the mythos.