Charles Romeyn Dake (December 22, 1849 – April 23, 1899) was a 19th-century American homeopathic physician and writer. As an author, his name is sometimes spelled Charles Romyn Dake.

Biography

Charles Dake was born in

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to David Merit Dake and Mary Manule. His father and an uncle, J. P. Dake of

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, were also homeopaths. He had two daughters and at least one grandchild, Grace Bechtold. He was an 1873 graduate of the

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) is the graduate medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Founded ...

, and he practiced in Belleville, Illinois. In 1893 he became editor of the journal ''Homeopathic News''. Dake published two short stories and one novel, ''

A Strange Discovery ''A Strange Discovery'' is an 1899 novel by Charles Romeyn Dake and is a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'' which was published in 1838. It follows the experiences of the narrator, an Englishman, duri ...

'', which is a sequel to

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...

's ''

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'' (1838) is the only complete novel written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the ''Grampus' ...

''. In early 1899 he discovered that he had lung cancer and committed suicide by shooting himself.

Works

* (translations also published in Germany and France) * *

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