HENRY TIMROD BIOGRAPHY

HENRY TIMROD BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.

TIMROD, HENRY (1829-1867). —Poet, born at Charleston, S. Carolina, of German descent, was ruined by the Civil War, and d. in poverty. He wrote one vol. of poems, pub. 1860, which attained wide popularity in the South. He had notable descriptive power.