William Cullen Bryant

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William Cullen Bryant was a 19th-century American poet and journalist, best known for his nature-themed poetry and as one of the prominent members of the Fireside Poets.

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William Cullen Bryant canonical 27

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instanceOf Fireside Poet
editor
human
journalist
lawyer
literary critic
poet
causeOfDeath complications from a fall
commemoratedBy Bryant Park in Manhattan
linked to: Bryant Park
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Williams College (informal, honorary association)
linked to: Williams College
employer New York Evening Post
familyName Bryant
fieldOfWork journalism
literature
poetry
genre lyric poetry
nature poetry
poetry
givenName William
hasPart Bryant Park (named in his honor)
linked to: Bryant Park
influenced later 19th-century American poets
influencedBy English Romantic poets
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Fireside Poets
middleName Cullen
movement American Romanticism
Romanticism
name William Cullen Bryant
notableFor being a leading 19th-century American poet
being a prominent member of the Fireside Poets
nature-themed poetry
notableWork A Winter Piece
Forest Hymn
Thanatopsis
The Ages
The Death of the Flowers
The Prairies
linked to: Great Plains

The Yellow Violet
To a Waterfowl
occupation journalist
lawyer
newspaper editor
poet
translator
placeOfBirth Cummington, Massachusetts
placeOfDeath New York City
politicalAlignment Democratic Party (early career)
linked to: Democratic Party

Free Soil movement
linked to: Free Soil Party

Republican Party (later career)
linked to: Republican Party
positionHeld co-owner of the New York Evening Post
editor-in-chief of the New York Evening Post
religion Protestantism
Unitarianism (later in life)
linked to: Unitarianism
residence Cummington, Massachusetts
New York City
sexOrGender male
spouse Frances Fairchild Bryant
stateOfDeath New York

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Fireside Poets hasMember William Cullen Bryant
Asher B. Durand associatedWith William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant name William Cullen Bryant
A Fable for Critics portrays William Cullen Bryant
Schoolroom Poets notableMember William Cullen Bryant
Bryant Park namedAfter William Cullen Bryant
Kindred Spirits depicts William Cullen Bryant
The Knickerbocker magazine notableContributor William Cullen Bryant
Thanatopsis author William Cullen Bryant
To a Waterfowl author William Cullen Bryant
Forest Hymn author William Cullen Bryant
Forest Hymn createdBy William Cullen Bryant
The Ages author William Cullen Bryant
The Death of the Flowers author William Cullen Bryant
The Death of the Flowers writtenBy William Cullen Bryant
The Death of the Flowers hasAuthor William Cullen Bryant
A Winter Piece author William Cullen Bryant
A Winter Piece associatedWithAuthor William Cullen Bryant
The Yellow Violet author William Cullen Bryant
Carey and Hart publishedAuthor William Cullen Bryant
Graham's Magazine notableContributor William Cullen Bryant
Knickerbocker group hasMember William Cullen Bryant
subject linked to: The Knickerbocker group
Burton's Gentleman's Magazine notableContributor William Cullen Bryant
Bryant isBorneBy William Cullen Bryant
The Housatonic at Stockbridge author William Cullen Bryant
The Housatonic at Stockbridge associatedWithAuthor William Cullen Bryant
Frances Fairchild Bryant spouse William Cullen Bryant