Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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1852-04-23

23 April 1852

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life enjoyed scant critical acclaim.

From the description of Edwin Markham poems, 1899-1931. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34775117

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1852, Apr. 23 Born Charles Edward Anson Markham, Oregon City, Oregon Territory 1857 1870 Attended school in Suisan and Santa Clara valleys, Calif. circa1870 Obtained teaching certificate, California College, Vacaville, Calif. 1872 Graduated, San Jose Normal School, San Jose, Calif. 1874 Attended Christian College, Santa Rosa, Calif. 1875 Married Annie Cox (divorced 1884) 1875 1899 Teacher, principal, and school superintendent in Southern California 1880 Published "The Gulf of Night" 1887 Married Caroline E. Bailey (divorced) 1898 Married Anna Catherine Murphy (died 1938) 1899 Published "The Man with the Hoe," San Francisco Examiner Published The Man with the Hoe. New York: Doxey's circa 1900 Moved to New York, N.Y. 1901 Published Lincoln and Other Poems. New York: McClure, Phillips 1902 Met Florence Hamilton, later his confidential secretary and lecture manager 1910 Charter member, Poetry Society of America 1914 Published with Benjamin B. Lindsey and George Creel Children in Bondage. New York: Hearst's International Library Published California the Wonderful. New York: Hearst's International Library 1915 Published The Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page 1920 Published Gates of Paradise and Other Poems. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page 1921 1940 Poet laureate of Oregon 1922 Read "Lincoln, Man of the People" at dedication of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. 1925 Published Foundation Stones of Success. Chicago: Howard-Severance Co. 1926 Publication of "The Ballad of the Gallows Bird," Century Magazine 1927 Published The Book of Poetry. New York: W. H. Wise 1929 Elected to the Academy of Arts and Letters 1930 Published Songs and Stories. Los Angeles: Powell Publishing Co. 1932 Published New Poems: Eighty Songs at Eighty. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran. 1933 Awarded honorary Literary Doctorate, St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y. 1936 Lecture tour in Mexico 1937 Published The Star of Araby. Stapleton, N.Y.: J. Willig Press Awarded $5,000 prize by Academy of American Poets Declared mentally incompetent by a court in New York 1938 Recorded "Edwin Markham Himself," a phonograph album of his principal poems 1940, Mar. 7 Died, Staten Island, N.Y. From the guide to the Florence Hamilton Collection Relating to Edwin Markham, 1857-1959, (bulk 1926-1942), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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