Henry Beck Hirst
Henry Beck Hirst (August 23, 1813 – March 30, 1874) was an American poet.
Henry Beck Hirst
- Born
- August 23, 1813
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Died
- March 30, 1874 August 23, 1813
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- United States
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• Born — August 23, 1813 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Died — March 30, 1874 August 23, 1813 • Place of death — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Occupation — Poet
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Henry Beck Hirst (1813 – 1874) is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Henry Beck Hirst was born in 1813.
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Hirst was born in Philadelphia. He studied law, but was not admitted to the bar until 1843, his studies having been interrupted by business pursuits. Hirst's first poems were published in Graham's Magazine. He afterward wrote The Coming of the Mammoth, and other Poems (Boston, 1845), Endymion, a Tale of Greece (1848), and The Penance of Roland (1849). Hirst also wrote a nonfiction work: The Book of Cage Birds (1843). He died in 1874 and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Henry Beck Hirst died in 1874.
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- 1.Fifth avenue library society. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. 326–330. 1899.
- 2.Hirst, Henry B. The coming of the mammoth, The funeral of time and other poems. Phillips and Sampson. 1845.
- 3.Hirst, Henry B. Endymion, a Tale of Greece. William D. Ticknor and Company. 1848.
- 4.Hirst, Henry B. The Penance of Roland: A Romance of the Peine Forte Et Dure; and Other Poems. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. 1849.
- 5.Hirst, Henry B. The Book of Cage Birds. Bernard Duke. 1843.
- 6.webCemeteries. Henry Beck Hirst. remembermyjourney.com.
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