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Markham, Edwin 1852-
Poet; born in Oregon City, Or., in 1852; spent his boyhood on a cattle ranch in central California; received a normal school and collegiate education; and studied law, but never practised.
He was employed in the blacksmith trade for a time, and then engaged in educational work, becoming superintendent of the schools of California.
Since 1899 he has been principal of the Observation School of the University of California at Oakland.
Mr. Markham owns one of the largest and best selected private libraries in the State.
He has occasionally contributed to leading magazines for many years; and is most widely known by his poem, The man with the Hoe, which was inspired by Millet's painting of that name, and was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 8, 1899.
This work was followed by various fugitive poems, and The man with the Hoe and other poems.
In 1901 he inscribed the poem, Inasmuch, to the memory of the late Baron and Baroness de Hirsch.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Miller , Cincinnatus Heine 1841 - (search)
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