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Joseph Green (singer)
Joseph or Joe(y) Green may refer to: Writers *Joseph Green (poet) (1706–1780), English Colonial wit, poet and clergyman *Joseph Greene (writer) (1914–1990), American science fiction author under the pen name Joe Green *Joseph L. Green (born 1931), American science fiction author *Joey Green (born 1958), American author *Joseph Green (fl. 1959), writer and director of the film ''The Brain That Wouldn't Die'' Professionals *Joseph Green (merchant) (1727–1786), English merchant living in Königsberg and friend of Immanuel Kant *Joseph Green (Rabbi), Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) at Etz Chaim Yeshiva (London) *Joseph A. Green (1881–1963), United States Army general *Joseph A. Green (politician) (1814–1876), American politician in Iowa *Joseph C. Green, American ambassador *Joseph Frederick Green (1855–1932), British MP for Leicester West, 1918–1922 *Joseph Henry Green (1791–1863), English surgeon and literary executor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge *Joseph I. Green, Jewish-American l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Green (poet)
Joseph Green (1706 – December 11, 1780) was an American clergyman and poet who published ''The Disappointed Cooper'' in 1743, mocking an old man's marriage to a much younger woman as well as criticizing the behavior of some New Light ministers. Biography Joseph Green was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706. He graduated from Harvard University in 1726, and became a successful businessman. He has been called "the foremost wit of his day." He often exchanged parodies and satiric poems with another Boston wit, Mather Byles.Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2003). ''The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers'', New York: Basic Civitas Books. , p. 10 Joseph Green's satirical poetry includes "To Mr. B Occasioned by His Verse" and "To Mr. Smibert on Seeing His Pictures". He also wrote "The Poet's Lamentation for the Loss of his Cat, which he us'd to call his Muse", "On Mr. B—s's singing an Hymn of his own composing", "To th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |