W. W. Fosdick
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William Whiteman Fosdick (January 28, 1825–1862) was a American poet, writer and song lyricist, primarily remembered today as the one who wrote the original lyrics to the song Aura Lea to a melody composed by George R. Poulton. Fosdick was as a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He practiced law in Cincinnati and New York City from 1851 to 1858.
Besides Aura Lea, Fosdick’s works include:
- Ariel, and Other Poems (New York: Bunce & Brother, Publishers, 1855)
- Malmiztic the Toltec; and the Cavaliers of the Cross (Cincinnati: W. H. Moore & D. Anderson, 1851)
- The Cavaliers of the Cross: A Historical Romance (Cincinnati: H.M. Rulison, 2nd ed., 1855)
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- Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887–1889),(James Grant Wilson & John Fiske eds.)(6 vols.)
- W. H. Venable, Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley: Historical and Biographical Sketches 114 (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1891)
