(1825-1903) Poet, literary critic. After an impoverished childhood and a variety of menial jobs worked as a young man, including a ten year stint in an iron foundry, Richard Stoddard (with the help of Nathaniel Hawthorne) obtained an appointment as inspector of customs in New York City. This new job gave Mr. Stoddard more time … Continued
(1823-1902) Writer. “Le Mourne Versus Huell,” lived at 4th Avenue and 10th Street.
(1829-1906) Writer, editor. Carl Schurz was founder of “Evening Post,” and lived and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1895-1977) Journalist, writer, author. Born in Rhode Island, George Samuel Schuyler lived in New York City and Rochester. His works include “Negro-Art Hokum” (which was first published in The Nation in 1926), “Black No More” (1931), and “Black and Conservative” (1966).
(1923-1991) Poet. James Marcus Schuyler was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1923, and died in Manhattan, New York, in 1991. He lived at the Hotel Chelsea, West 23rd Street, and is associated with the “New York School” of poetry.
(1932-1999) Writer. Shelby Silverstein, or Sheldon Alan Silverstein, was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died iin Key West, Florida. He lived in Greenwich Village, New York, New York.
(1912-1995) Writer. May Sarton lived and worked in Manhattan, New York in the 1940s.
(1874-1938) Writer, journalist, collector. Born in Puerto Rico, he came to New York City in 1891. An essayist, he is responsible for collecting thousands of books, manuscripts, etchings and drawings, which in 1926 was purchased by the New York Public Library for $10,000. He was later appointed curator of his own collection at the 135th … Continued
(1860-1916) Poet. Frank Dempster Sherman was born in Peekskill, New York and attended Peekskill Military Academy. His home, from 1871 to 1887 was at 953 Paulding. He was the author of “Madrigals and Catches.”
(1878-1968) Writer, novelist. Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878, and died in Bound Brook, New Jersey, in 1968. He is famous for his 1906 novel, “The Jungle.”