Sidney Lanier

Sidney Lanier was an American poet, writer, hymnwriter, organist and flautist (1842–1881). He was born at Macon and died at Lynn.

Also recorded as Sidney Clopton Lanier.

Sidney Lanier in brief

Born
1842
Died
1881
Known for
poet, writer, hymnwriter, organist, flautist and musician
Place of birth
Macon
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Sidney Clopton Lanier. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Robert Sampson Lanier. He married Mary Day Lanier. One child is recorded: Henry Wysham Lanier.

Catalogued works

48 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1869 to 1891.

Spring Greeting. Wedding-Hymn. Individuality. Night. Nirvana. Resurrection. The Power of Prayer. To ——, with a Rose. To Bayard Taylor. Bob, the story of our mocking-bird. Bob; the story of our mocking bird. Bob; the story of our mocking-bird. Baby Charley, dated 1869. Knightly legends of Wales, or, The boy's Mabinogion. Poem outlines. Letters to Col. John G. James. The boy's Froissart. Select poems. The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II. King Arthur Legend : Complete Stories of the Boy's King Arthur with Annotations : The Boy's King Arthur. Boys King Arthur. The Boy's King Arthur, dated 1880. The Science of English Verse, dated 1880. Knightly legends of Wales, dated 1891. English Novel. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Shakespere and His Forerunners; Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its Development from Early English. Poems by Sidney Lanier. Tiger-Lilies. Sovereign Person. Lanier Book. Select Poems of Sidney Lanier. Selected Poems. Letters 1869-1873. TIGER-LILIES A NOVEL. Shakspere and His Forerunners Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its Development From Early English. Florida. The marshes of Glynn. Florida and miscellaneous prose, (Centennial edition of the works of Sidney Lanier). Poems of Sidney Lanier. Sidney Lanier. The Boy’s Froissart, dated 1879. Poems Of Sidney Lanier Edited By His Wife With A Memorial By William Hayes Ward. Letters 1857-1868. Shakspere and his Forerunners (Volume III. of Centennial Edition of the Works of Sidney Lanier). Letters 1878-1881. Music and Poetry. Shakespeare and His Forerunners.

Literature

9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Lanier, Sidney, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881), poet and musician, American National Biography Online, 2000. Lake Sidney Lanier Cultural Resource Survey and Inventory, 1988. SIDNEY LANIER, 1880, Sir Thomas Malory, 2002. Sidney Lanier, letter 1870, Robert Browning, 2005. Predicting Urban Reservoir Levels Using Statistical Learning Techniques, Scientific Reports, 2018. La «verbal music» di James Joyce in traduzione, Ticontre: Teoria Testo Traduzione, 2019. INTEGRATION OF REMOTE SENSING &amp; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN PLACED-BASED LEARNING, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021. Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveillance of Zebra Mussels (<i>Dreissena polymorpha</i>) in Lake Lanier, Georgia: A Model for Early Detection and Public Engagement, Hydrobiology, 2025.

Digitised editions and texts

16 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Florida: Its Scenery, Climate, and History. With an Account of Charleston, Savannah, Augusta ... (1876) — Internet Archive. Florida and miscellaneous prose, (Centennial edition of the works of Sidney Lanier) (1945) — Internet Archive. The Boy's King Arthur (1917) — Internet Archive. The English Novel (1911) — Internet Archive. The English Novel: A Study in the Development of Personality (1914) — Internet Archive. THE ENGLISH NOVEL AND ESSAYS ON LITERATURE. Edited by Clarence Gohdes & Kemp Malone. Centennial Ed. Vol. IV. (1945) — Internet Archive. The Boy's King Arthur: Being Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and ... (1880) — Internet Archive. Letters 1869-1873 (1945) — Internet Archive. The Jones Fourth Reader (1903) — Internet Archive. Shakespeare and his Forerunners (1901) — Internet Archive. The Poems of Sidney Lanier — Project Gutenberg. Select Poems of Sidney Lanier — Project Gutenberg. Knightly Legends of Wales; or, The Boy's Mabinogion: Being the Earliest Welsh Tales of King Arthur in the Famous Red Book of Hergest — Project Gutenberg. The English Novel and the Principle of its Development — Project Gutenberg. Poem Outlines — Project Gutenberg. Bob: The Story of Our Mocking-bird — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Sidney Lanier studied at Johns Hopkins University and Oglethorpe University. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is poetry, music and prose.

Employment is recorded with Johns Hopkins University and Oglethorpe University.

Works named in the authority record are Baby Charley and May, the Maiden.

Chronology

  1. 1842Sidney Lanier born at Macon.
  2. 1876Florida: Its Scenery, Climate, and History. With an Account of Charleston, Savannah, Augusta ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1881Sidney Lanier died at Lynn.
  4. 1897The English Novel: A Study in the Development of Personality digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1901Shakespeare and his Forerunners digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1903The Jones Fourth Reader digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1904The Carpenter's Son: The Leader of Men. A Christmas Preparation Sermon digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1908Shakspere and his Forerunners digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1911The English Novel digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Lake Sidney Lanier Cultural Resource Survey and Inventory, 1988

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881), poet and musician, American National Biography Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Lanier, Sidney, Oxford Music Online, 2001

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Sidney Lanier (Internet Archive), 151 catalogued works.

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  5. 5.

    SIDNEY LANIER, 1880, Sir Thomas Malory, 2002

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Sidney Lanier, letter 1870, Robert Browning, 2005

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 4 articles naming Sidney Lanier.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 112 digitised items catalogued under Sidney Lanier as creator.

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  9. 9.

    Project Gutenberg holds 6 full texts attributed to Sidney Lanier.

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q773736: Sidney Lanier

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Sidney Lanier”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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