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| Born | May 11, 1799 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | December 16, 1832 (aged 33) Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Robert Charles Sands (May 11, 1799 – December 16, 1832) was an American writer and poet.
Biography
Robert Charles Sands was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 11, 1799, the son of Auditor-General Comfort Sands.[1] He was a scholar and a writer of many literary types, but without much originality. His best work is considered to be in his short stories. His most well-known poem is Yamoyden which is an Indian story written in collaboration with a friend. He is considered part of the "Knickerbocker group", which also included Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, James Kirke Paulding, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Joseph Rodman Drake, Lydia M. Child, and Nathaniel Parker Willis.[2]
He died in Hoboken, New Jersey on December 16, 1832.[3][4]
References
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. pp. 354–355. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Nelson, Randy F. The Almanac of American Letters. Los Altos, California: William Kaufmann, Inc., 1981: 30. ISBN 0-86576-008-X
- ^ "(untitled)". The Evening Post. December 17, 1832. p. 2. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Late from New-York". Charleston Daily Courier. December 24, 1832. p. 2. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- George and Evert Duyckinck: Robert Charles Sands, in: Cyclopedia of American Literature (1856), 2:371-373.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.