Charles DeKay
| Charles DeKay | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 25, 1848[1] Washington, D.C. |
| Died |
May 23, 1935 (aged 86)[1] New York City[1] |
| Alma mater | Yale[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Edwardlyn Coffey[1] |
| Children | Drake, Rodman, Ormonde, Helena, Janet |
Charles Augustus DeKay (July 25, 1848 – May 23, 1935) was a linguist, poet, critic and a fencer. He was a son of George Coleman De Kay, a naval officer.[2] He was best known for founding the National Arts Club and the Fencers Club.[1] He was inducted into the United States Fencing Hall of Fame in 2008. He was an art and literary critic for The New York Times for 18 years.
Writing
- The Bohemian (New York, 1878)
- Hesperus (1880)
- Vision of Nimrod (1881)
- Vision of Esther (1882)
- Love Poems of Louis Barnaval (1883).
His best-known story is "Manmatha."[2]
References
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Wikisource has original works written by or about: Charles De Kay |
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Brief Biography of Chales deKay" Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., United States Fencing Hall of Fame website. Retrieved on December 02, 2010.
- 1 2 Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "De Kay, James Ellsworth". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
External links
- Works by Charles DeKay at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles DeKay at Internet Archive
- Works by or about Charles DeKay at Internet Archive
- Works by Charles DeKay at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: an artist's country estate, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on DeKay
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