Nixon Waterman
Nixon Waterman (12 November 1859 – 1 September 1944)[1][2][3] was an American newspaper writer, poet and Chautauqua lecturer from Newark, Kendall County, Illinois, who rose to prominence in the 1890s.[4]
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Waterman was raised in Creston, Iowa, where he was introduced to journalism working on a small weekly paper.[1] He thereafter worked for various times for newspapers in Denver, Omaha, Chicago, and Boston.[1]
He began writing poems and essays, which "were popular with magazine and newspaper readers across the country", and "collaborated with Opie Read on some of that humorist's best known works".[2]
Waterman "died at his Fair Acres farm" in Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, following a brief illness, at the age of 84.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Al Barker, "Death of Nixon Waterman, Boston Poet. Columnist, Saddens Local Friends", Tampa Bay Times (September 3, 1944), p. 8.
- ^ a b c "Noted Poet Succumbs", Hickory Daily Record (September 2, 1944), p. 7.
- ^ "Nixon Waterman Dies", The Richmond News Leader (September 1, 1944), p. 2.
- ^ Taylor, Julius F. (June 16, 1900). "He is Famous as a Poet". The Broad Ax. No. 34. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
External links
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- Works by Nixon Waterman at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Nixon Waterman at the Internet Archive
- Works by Nixon Waterman at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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