Edwin Markham
1852 - 1940
General Information
Bio
(1852-1940) Poet. Edwin Markham lived in Westerleigh, New York.
Full Name
Edwin Markham
Locations
Richmond
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
Lived in the neighborhood of Westerleigh in Staten Island, New York.
1852
BIRTH
Edwin Markham was born Charles Edward Anson Markham in Oregon City, Oregon, in 1852.
1899
LITWORK
The Man with the Hoe
Poem.
Poem.
1899
LITWORK
The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1901
RESIDENCE
Markham moved to New York City in 1901, living first in Brooklyn, and then Staten Island.
1901
LITWORK
Lincoln and Other Poems
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1914
LITWORK
Children in Bondage
Prose.
Prose.
1914
LITWORK
California the Wonderful
Prose.
Prose.
1915
LITWORK
The Shoes of Happiness and Other Poems
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1920
LITWORK
The Gates of Paradise
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1932
OTHER
Edwin Markham was honored on his 80th birthday with a party at Carnegie Hall.
1932
LITWORK
Eighty Poems at Eighty
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1940
DEATH
Edwin Markham died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1940. His personal library and papers were left to Wagner College's Horrmann Library, located on Staten Island.
1940
INTERMENT
Edwin Markham was interred at Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
1960
LITWORK
The Ballad of the Gallows Bird
Antioch Press.
Collectin of poetry.
Antioch Press.
Collectin of poetry.
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