FITZGREENE HALLECK BIOGRAPHY

FITZGREENE HALLECK BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.

HALLECK, FITZGREENE (1790-1867). —Poet, born at Guilford, Conn., wrote, with Rodman Drake, a young poet who d. at 25, The Croaker Papers , a series of satirical and humorous verses, and Fanny , also a satire. In 1822 he visited Europe, and the traces of this are found in most of his subsequent poetry, e.g. his lines on Burns, and on Alnwick Castle.