William Howe Cuyler Hosmer
'William Howe Cuyler Hosmer or William H. C. Hosmer (born in Avon, New York, 25 May 1814; died there, 23 May 1877) was a United States poet.
Biography
He was a son of lawyer George Hosmer. He graduated at the University of Vermont in 1841, studied law, and became a master in chancery at Avon, and in 1854 was appointed clerk in the New York City Custom House. He was a student of the character and lore of the Native Americans in the United States, and traveled extensively among the tribes of Florida and Wisconsin.
Literary works
- The Fall of Tecumseh, a drama (Avon, 1830)
- The Themes of Song (Rochester, 1834)
- The Pioneers of Western New York (Boston, 1838)
- The Months (1847)
- Yonnondio, or the Warriors of Genesee (New York, 1844)
- Bird-Notes (1850)
- Indian Traditions and Songs (1850)
- Legend of the Senecas (1850)
- Poetical Works, a collection of the above-listed works (2 vols., 1854)
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References
- "Subjects of Biographies". Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. Comprehensive Index. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.