Chivers' Life of Poe (From the Manuscripts in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California)

Chivers' Life of Poe (From the Manuscripts in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California) is a biography of American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe, by Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, an admirer and acquaintance of Poe's. Preserved in manuscript form by the Henry E. Huntington Library in California, U.S., the biography was never published in Chivers' time. It was edited by Richard Beale Davis, a English professor at the University of Ten... more

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  • 1852

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  • 1952

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Thomas Holley Chivers

Thomas Holley Chivers (October 18, 1809 – December 18, 1858) was an American doctor-turned-poet from the state of Georgia. He is best known for his friendship with Edgar Allan Poe and his controversial defense of the poet after his death. Born into a wealthy Georgia family, Chivers became...

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