Stedman, Edmund Clarence
Stedman, Edmund Clarence
(1833–1908) poet, writer; born in Hartford, Conn. His father died when he was two, and he was raised by his maternal grandfather (1835–39), and by his uncle in Norwich, Conn. He studied at Yale (1849–c. 51), then worked for various newspapers in Connecticut and New York City. He ran his own brokerage house in New York City (1864–1908), and lived in Bronxville, N.Y. He wrote rather imitative sentimental poetry, as in Poems, Lyrical and Idyllic (1860), but had some influence with his critical studies and anthologies such as Poets of America (1885) and An American Anthology (1900).The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.