Channing, William Ellery, 1817-1901
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American poet.
From the description of Morrice Lake : autograph manuscript of the poem signed, [1872]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270630812
Channing was a transcendentalist poet and the first biographer of Thoreau.
From the description of Notebooks and journals, 1852-ca. 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612371953
Concord poet.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Concord, to James Munroe & Co., 1850 May 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622199
From the description of Autograph letter signed : "at the house of Mr. Sanborn" [Concord, Mass.], to Mr. Murray, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621918
American poet; friend of Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott, and Hawthorne; first biographer of Thoreau; resident of Concord, Mass. Born in Boston, Mass., Nov., 1817; died in Concord, Dec., 1901. Attended Round Hill School, Northampton, Mass., and Boston Latin School. Entered Harvard in 1834; left shortly thereafter. Moved to Illinois in 1839, in 1844 to Cincinnati, where he met Ellen Fuller (sister of Margaret), whom he married. The Channings settled in Concord in 1843. In 1844, Channing moved to New York to write for Horace Greeley's Tribune. In 1845, he travelled to Europe. Edited New Bedford.
(Cont.) Mercury 1855-1858. For the rest of his life, Concord served as his home. Close friend and correspondent of Plymouth, Mass., horticulturist Benjamin Marston Watson and wife Mary Howland Russell Watson. Final years spent in Concord home of F.B. Sanborn.
From the description of William Ellery Channing papers, 1843-1901. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 34436455
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| associatedWith | Adams, Ann Rebecca Bridge, 1809-1882. |
| correspondedWith | Alcott family. |
| associatedWith | Alcott, Amos Bronson, 1799-1888 |
| associatedWith | Borneman, Henry S., |
| associatedWith | Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 |
| associatedWith | Cabot, James Elliot, 1821-1903 |
| associatedWith | Channing family. |
| associatedWith | Channing family. |
| associatedWith | Channing family. |
| associatedWith | Channing, Henry Morse, 1880-1964. |
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Birth 1817-11-29
Death 1901-12-23
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