John Godfrey Saxe
1816 - 1887
General Information
Bio
(1816-1887) Poet. John Godfrey Saxe lived and died in Albany, New York.
Full Name
John Godfrey Saxe
Locations
Albany
Author's Timeline
Unknown
LITWORK
The Blindmen and the Elephant
Poem.
Poem.
Unknown
LITWORK
The Rhyme of the Rail
Poem.
Poem.
1816
BIRTH
John Godfrey Saxe was born at Highgate, Vermont, in 1816.
1840
OTHER
Saxe studied law in Lockport, New York, during the early 1840s.
1846
LITWORK
Progress: a Satirical Poem
New York.
Poetry.
New York.
Poetry.
1849
LITWORK
Poems
Ticknor, Reed and Fields.
Collection of poetry.
Ticknor, Reed and Fields.
Collection of poetry.
1850
LITWORK
Humorous and Satirical Poems
Boston.
Collection of poetry.
Boston.
Collection of poetry.
1859
LITWORK
The Money King, and other Poems
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1860
RESIDENCE
Saxe moved to Albany, New York, in 1860.
1862
LITWORK
The Flying Dutchman, or the Wrath of Herr Von Stoppelnose
New York.
New York.
1865
LITWORK
Clever Stories of Many Nations rendered in Rhyme
Boston.
Boston.
1865
LITWORK
The Times, the Telegraph, and other Poems
London.
Collection of poetry.
London.
Collection of poetry.
1866
LITWORK
The Masquerade, and other Poems
Boston.
Collection of poetry.
Boston.
Collection of poetry.
1870
RESIDENCE
Saxe lived in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1870s.
1872
LITWORK
Fables and Legends of Many Countries
1875
LITWORK
Leisure-Day Rhymes
Collection of poetry.
Collection of poetry.
1881
LITWORK
The Poems Of John Godfrey Saxe
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, (Highgate Edition).
Collection of poetry.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, (Highgate Edition).
Collection of poetry.
1887
DEATH
John Godfrey Saxe died in Albany, New York, in 1887.
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