About John Milton Harney
Lived 1789 – 1825 (aged 35–36). John Milton Harney was a poet.
John Milton Harney (1789–1825) was an American medical doctor and poet.
Life
He was born in Delaware on 9 March 1789. He studied medicine and settled in Kentucky. After the death of his wife in childbirth, he took work with the New York Enquirer.
He then travelled to Europe, accepted a naval appointment, and spent several years in South America.
On his return he edited a paper, the Savannah Georgian.
Works
He was the author of a number of poems printed in various magazines. In 1816 he published anonymously Crystallina; a Fairy Tale, in Six Cantos. Works published posthumously were The Fever Dream, from his time in Savannah, Georgia, and "Echo and the Lover". their father, Thomas Harney, was an officer in the Revolutionary War.
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Who was John Milton Harney?
American writer
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John Milton Harney was born in 1789.
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John Milton Harney died in 1825.
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John Milton Harney was a poet.
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