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VERY, JONES.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, August 22, 1813; died there, May,
1880. His father was a sea captain and the son went with him
upon many voyages. He was educated at Harvard and taught Greek
there for a short time after his graduation. He belonged to the
Transcendentalist group of writers and was a close friend of
Emerson and Channing,
and of James Freeman Clarke, who edited the complete posthumous
edition of his works.
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This biographical note is reprinted
from The Little Book of American Poets: 1787-1900. Ed.
Jessie B. Rittenhouse. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1915. |
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