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Henry Beck Hirst (August 23, 1813 – March 30, 1874) was an American poet.
Henry Beck Hirst
at Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Henry Beck Hirst
at Allpoetry.com 1813 births 1874 deaths Writers from Philadelphia Pennsylvania lawyers 19th-century American poets American male poets 19th-century American male writers American ornithological writers American male non-fiction writers 19th-century American lawyers {{US-poet-1810s-stub
Henry Beck Hirst (August 23, 1813 – March 30, 1874) was an American poet.
Biography
Hirst was born inPhiladelphia
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. He studied law, but was not admitted to the bar
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until 1843, his studies having been interrupted by business pursuits.
Hirst's first poems were published in ''Graham's Magazine
''Graham's Magazine'' was a nineteenth-century periodical based in Philadelphia established by George Rex Graham and published from 1840 to 1858. It was alternatively referred to as ''Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine'' (1841–1842, and J ...
''. He afterward wrote ''The Coming of the Mammoth, and other Poems'' (Boston, 1845), ''Endymion, a Tale of Greece'' (1848), and ''The Penance of Roland'' (1849).
Hirst also wrote a nonfiction work: ''The Book of Cage Birds'' (1843).
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Henry Beck Hirst
at Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Henry Beck Hirst
at Allpoetry.com 1813 births 1874 deaths Writers from Philadelphia Pennsylvania lawyers 19th-century American poets American male poets 19th-century American male writers American ornithological writers American male non-fiction writers 19th-century American lawyers {{US-poet-1810s-stub