Charles William Hubner
He wrote for newspapers, edited them, taught music, wrote poetry, was a Confederate officer, and wrote books. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a family from Germany. His mother was from Bavaria and he travelled there and in other parts of Europe including Switzerland.
Charles William Hubner
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- 1835
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- poet · writer
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He served in the Confederate Army. He contributed to and edited various newspapers. He married Ida A. Southworth in 1865. She died in 1876. He married Frank Whitney in 1877. The New York Times called him the poet laureate of the South. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery along with several family members including his first wife Ida. Karina described him as a minor poet unworthy of a revival and wrote that he never adapted to the realism that supplanted his "commonplace" writing style.
• Souvenirs of Luther (1872) • Wildflowers, a book of poems (1876) • Cinderella or the Silver Slipper (1879), a lyrical drama • Modern Communism (1880) • Poems and Essays (1881) • Prince and Fairy (1883), a lyrical drama • Representative Southern Poets (1906)
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Charles William Hubner (1835 – 1929) was a writer and poet. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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- 1.J.T. White. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 2. 142. 1892.
- 2.Hubner, Charles W. (Charles William), 1835-1929. Social Networks and Archival Content.
- 3.Charles William Huber.; Poet Laureate of South, Painter and Musician, Dies at 93. The New York Times. 18. January 4, 1929.
- 4.Upthegrove, Larry. Resident Spotlight: Major Charles Hubner, Poet Laureate of the South. Oakland Cemetery. July 24, 2017.
- 5.Karina, S. J. Charles W. Hubner: Poet Laureate of the South by Mary Hubner Walker. Tennessee Historical Quarterly. Tennessee Historical Society. 36. 1. 134–136. Spring 1977. 42623789.
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