Lee Light Grumbine (July 25, 1858 - August 18, 1904) was an American attorney, local historian, and published columnist and poet in the

Pennsylvania German language Pennsylvania Dutch (, or ), referred to as Pennsylvania German in scholarly literature, is a variety of Palatine German, also known as Palatine Dutch, spoken by the Old Order Amish, Old Order Mennonites, Fancy Dutch, and other descendants of ...

. His dialect pseudonym was "Der Old Schulmashter." Grumbine was born in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania and died in

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. A graduate of

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in Middletown, Connecticut, he was active in the

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, and a founding office-holder in the

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. In 1889 he became editor of the ''Lebanon Daily Report'' newspaper. He notably translated the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by

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into Pennsylvania German.

Bibliography

*''The Marriage of the Muse'' (1892) *
Der Alt Dengelstock: En Gedicht nach der Pennsylvanish-Deutscher Mundart
(1898) *
The Origin and Significance of Our Township Names
' (1899) *''The Pennsylvania-German Dialect: A Study of Its Status as a Spoken Dialect and Form of Literary Expression, with Reference to Its Capabilities, and Limitations, and Lines Illustrating Same'' (1902) *
Der Dengelstock and other Poems and Translations in the Pennsylvania-German Dialect
' (1903)

References

In Memoriam Lee L. Grumbine
(1904) * Earl C. Haag,
A Pennsylvania German Anthology
' (1988) *Harry Hess Reichard,
Pennsylvania German Dialect Writings and Their Writers
' (Lancaster:

, 1918. *Earl F. Robacker, ''Pennsylvania German Literature'' (1943)

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Grave
at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg {{DEFAULTSORT:Grumbine, Lee Light 1858 births 1904 deaths German-American history Pennsylvania Dutch people People from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania American writers in Pennsylvania Dutch Pennsylvania Dutch culture German language in the United States American people of German descent

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