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(1842-1925) Essayist, playwright, hymn writer, poet. James Vila Blake was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Chicago, Illinois.

Full Name

Rev. James Vila Blake

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


1842

BIRTH

James Vila Blake was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 1842.

1881

LITWORK

Unity: Songs And Services For The Sunday School


Nonfiction.

1886

LITWORK

Manual Training In Education
Chicago, IL: Charles H. Kerr and Company

Nonfiction.

1887

LITWORK

Essays
Chicago, IL: Charles H. Kerr and Company

Collection of essays.

1891

LITWORK

Happiness from Thoughts and Other Sermons
Chicago, IL: Charles H. Kerr and Company

Nonfiction.

1892

LITWORK

Natural Religion in Sermons
Chicago, IL: Charles H. Kerr & Co.

Nonfiction.

1893

LITWORK

More Than Kin: A Book of Kindness
Thos P. Halpin & Co.

Nonfiction.

1904

LITWORK

Discoveries
Chicago, IL: Thomas P. Halpin and Co.

Poetry.

1907

LITWORK

The Months: A Book Of Those Handsome Kin, For Love Of Them All, And Of Life, And Of The Earth
Boston, MA: The James H. West Company

Poetry.

1909

LITWORK

So Like Her Father: A Drama, in a Prelude and Three Acts


Drama.

1910

LITWORK

A Merry-Go-Round; A Comedy In Four Acts
Chicago, IL: T. P. Halpin & Company

Comedy.

1925

DEATH

Rev. James Vila Blake died in Chicago, Illinois, on April 27, 1925.

1926

INTERMENT

Rev. James Blake's ashes were entombed in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, on June 21, 1926.

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