Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878
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Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878
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Duyckinck, Evert A.
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Evert Augustus Duyckinck
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Duyckinck, Evert A. 1816-1878
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Evert A. Duyckinck
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Duyckinck, Evert Augustus
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Duyckinck, Evert Augustus, 1816-1879
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Evert A. Duyckinck was born on Manhattan Island, and graduated from Columbia University. Although accepted to the bar, he did not practice law, but lived a life devoted to literature. At the center of New York's literary culture, he had important friendships with Poe, Irving, and Melville, acting as editor, associate, and friend. He and his younger brother, George, served as editors for several noteworthy literary enterprises, including the influential Literary World and the groundbreaking Cyclopedia of American Literature. He also wrote memoirs of many of his literary acquaintances. His large collection of books and letters was donated to the New York Public Library.
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American editor.
Editor; New York City.
Edited, with his brother George, Literary World, 1847, and published a journal with him, 1848-1853. Also, edited CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1855.
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