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Thomas Dunn English. English wrote scores of poems and plays as well as stories and novels, but his reputation as a writer was built on the ballad "Ben Bolt" (1843). [5] Written for Nathaniel Parker Willis's New-York Mirror, it was turned into a song and became very popular, with a ship, steamboat and racehorse soon named in its honor. [6]
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Thomas Dunn English wrote the poem "Ben Bolt" in 1842 at the specific request of Nathaniel Parker Willis. [1] While he was then an active participant in the New York City literary scene and lived much of his life in New Jersey, English is popularly believed to have written the poem while visiting Tazewell, Virginia on a hunting trip, as claimed by regional folklorists.
April 1 – Thomas Dunn English (born 1819), American politician, poet, author, songwriter who was elected to the United States House of Representatives and had a feud with Edgar Allan Poe; May 6 – Bret Harte, 66, American author and poet, best remembered for accounts of pioneering life in California; June 29 – Brunton Stephens (born 1835 ...
This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. [1] Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British ...
Thomas Dunn English, an admitted enemy of Poe and a trained physician, insisted that Poe was not a drug user. [34] He wrote: "Had Poe the opium habit when I knew him (before 1846) I should both as a physician and a man of observation, have discovered it during his frequent visits to my rooms, my visits at his house, and our meetings elsewhere ...
March 25 – Helen Zimmern, German-born English writer and translator (died 1934) April 4 – Comte de Lautreamont (pen name of Isidore Lucien Ducasse), Uruguayan-born French poet and writer (died 1870) April 24 – Marcus Clarke, Australian novelist and poet (died 1881) [14] May 5 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish novelist (died 1916)
Geoffrey Thomas Dunn, referred to as Geoffrey Dunn, (13 December 1902 – 6 September 1981) was an English tenor, actor, librettist, director and translator [1] whose wide-ranging career encompassed opera and operetta, theatre and film.