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Poetry Listing Within this area you will be able to read, and give your thoughts on the poetry listed. Please, if you find an error, let me know. Read More About Harlan Hoge Ballard below poetry list
About: Harlan Hoge Ballard — 1853 - 1934 Harlan Hoge Ballard was born in Athens, Ohio. He graduated from Williams College in 1874 and became principal of the Lenox, Massachusetts; High School. He was appointed principal of the Lenox Academy in 1880, where he founded the Agassiz Association, a national organization for the study of natural object that eventually had more than 1,000 chapters worldwide. He became librarian at the Berkshire Athenaeum; authored books of poetry, novels and translations from Latin. One of his books, "The Tiler's Jewel", a Masonic novel, is still in print. His mother, Julia Perkins Pratt Ballard (1824-1894) was a noted nature writer and author of popular science books for children. Source:- Thanks to email from site contact (not yet verified, but dates seem correct)
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