Skip to content
Contact Us

Type: NY State

Ethel Lynn Beers

By

(1827-1879) Poet. Ethel Lynn Beers was born in Goshen, New York, and died in Orange, New Jersey. Her poems appeared in many publications, including the “New York Ledger.”

Helen Bevington

By

(1906-2001) Poet. Helen Bevington was born in Afton, New York and grew up in Worcester, New York. She was the author of several books.

Francis Fisher Browne

By

(1843-1913) Editor, poet. Francis Fisher Browne was born in South Halifax, Vermont, and died in California. He studied law in Rochester, New York. He edited the “Lakeside Monthly” (Chicago) from 1869 until 1874, “The Alliance” from 1878 until 1879, and “The Dial” from 1880 until 1913.

Melville Henry Cane

By

(1879-1980) Poet. Melville Henry Cane was born in Plattsburgh, New York. He received an A.B. degree and a law degree from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

Leonie Fuller Adams

By

(1899-1988) Poet. Leonie Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1948 to 1949.

Elizabeth Chase Allen

By

(1832-1911) Author, journalist, poet. Elizabeth Chase Allen was born in Strong, Maine, in 1832, and died in Tuckahoe, New York, in 1911. She was the author of both prose and poetry books. She used the pseudonym Florence Percy. She was married to Paul Akers and, later to E. M. Allen.

Mary Barnard

By

(1909-2001) Poet. Mary Barnard was born in Vancouver, Washington. She was curator of The Poetry Collection at the Lockwood Memorial Library at the University of Buffalo, New York. She also won two Yaddo residencies near Saratoga Springs, New York.