biography
pronunciation:
[laneer]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1842–81)
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| biography:
| Writer, poet, and musician, born in Macon, Georgia, USA. He studied at Oglethorpe University, GA (1857–60), was a Confederate soldier (1861–5), and contracted tuberculosis while a prisoner-of-war. He worked as a law clerk, then devoted himself to art. He moved to Baltimore where he played the flute for the Peabody Orchestra (1873–81), taught at Johns Hopkins University, and composed poems such as ‘Corn’ and ‘Symphony’ (both 1875). In addition to his poetry, which was often based on his feeling for music, he published a novel and other books on literature, versification, and music. |
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