Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903

American poet.

Army officer.

Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), author, poet, editor, and literary critic, was born in Hingham, Mass., one of three children of sea captain Reuben Stoddard (1800-1827) and Sophia Gurney Stoddard (1804-1870). Largely self-educated, he spent evenings reading English poetry and writing verse and by 1845 he had begun to write. In 1851 he married poet and author Elizabeth Drew Barstow (1823-1902) of Mattapoisett, Mass., a daughter of Wilson and Betsy Drew Barstow. Richard and Elizabeth Stoddard had three sons, all of whom preceded them in death. Thanks to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stoddard served first in New York City as a customs inspector, 1853-1870, and then in the Department of Docks, 1870-1873. He was literary reviewer, 1860-1870, for the New York World; editor, 1871-1876, of the short-lived literary publication The Aldine; and city librarian, 1877; from 1880 until his death he was literary editor of the Mail and Express.

Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903) was an American poet, author, editor, and literary critic. He worked as a customs inspector and in the Dept. of Docks in New York City; then as literary reviewer for the New York World from 1871 to 1876; city librarian, 1877; and from 1880 until his death, he was literary editor of the Mail and Express. His wife, Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard (1823-1902), was a poet and author.

Author, publisher; New York City.

American poet, critic and editor.

Richard Henry Stoddard was a poet, critic, and editor. In 1852 he published Poems, and married Elizabeth Drew Barstow, who he encouraged to write and who authored several novels of her own. Stoddard was appointed an inspector in the New York Custom House in 1853, a position he held until 1870. He was also a literary reviewer for the New York world from 1860 to 1870. Beginning about 1870, the Stoddards presided over an influential literary salon at their home on East Fifteenth Street.

American poet and journalist.

Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903) was an American poet, author, editor, and literary critic.

He worked as a customs inspector and in the Dept. of Docks in New York City; then as literary reviewer for the New York World from 1871 to 1876; city librarian, 1877; and from 1880 until his death, he was literary editor of the Mail and Express. His wife, Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard (1823-1902), was a poet and author.