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Clinton Scollard, 1902

Clinton Scollard (1860-1932), from The Critic, April 1902. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Clinton Scollard
Born September 18, 1860(1860-Template:MONTHNUMBER-18)
Fayettefille, New York
Died 1932
Nationality U.S.A.
Alma mater Hamilton College (1861)
Occupation Poet
Notable works "As I Came Down from Lebanon"
Spouse Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
Parents Dr. James I. and Elizabeth S. Scollard

Clinton Scollard (September 18, 1860 - 1932) was a prolific American poet, academic, and occasional writer of fiction.

Life[]

Scollard was born at Clinton, New York, son of Mary Elizabeth (Stevens) and James Isaac Scollard.[1]

He attended Hamilton College, , where he was a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. At Hamilton, he played varsity baseball, and is credited with introducing the curveball to college baseball.graduated from Hamilton College in 1881

He later attended Harvard University,[2] where his friends included poets Bliss Carman and Frank Dempster Sherman. After a period in Cambridge, Massachusetts., he spent a year at Cambridge in England.

Career[]

In 1888 he became an associate professor of English at Hamilton College, where he remained until 1896. Except for a further year in the English department at Hamilton College in 1911, he devoted the rest of his life to creative writing.[3]

He corresponded with Martha Foote Crowe.[4]

Oley Speaks composed the song "Sylvia" to lyrics by Scollard.

Family[]

On 3 July 1890 Scollard married Georgia Brown of Jackson, Michigan; they had a daughter Elizabeth Scollard Parlon, but they divorced in early 1924.[1]

On 20 March 1924 Scollard married poet Jessie Belle Rittenhouse.[5] They had no children.[3]

Writing[]

Scollard has been characterized as a minor poet but a fine technician:

He knew himself to be a fine craftsman, able to fashion delicate lyrics that forbear contemplative weight for perfection in form. His verse delights in the natural world, in small incidents that are honed to perfection. It is easy to view him as a Frost without the philosophy.[3]

Recognition[]

Hamilton College granted him Scollard honorary L.H.D. in 1906.[5]

Publications[]

Clinton Scollard (1860-1932), Poems]. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1914. Courtesy Internet Archive.

Poetry[]

Novels[]

Non-fiction[]

  • Under Summer Skies (illustrated by Margaret Landers Randolph). New York: C.L. Webster, 1892.
  • On Sunny Shores (illustrated by Margaret Landers Randolph). New York: C.L. Webster, 1893.
  • Footfarings. Clinton, NY: G.W. Browning, 1904.
  • Rose of an Hundred Years: Hamilton College, 1812-1912. Clinton, NY: G.W. Browning, 1912.

Juvenile[]

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Edited[]

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Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the University of South Carolina.[6]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dictionary of American Biography (Vol. VIII). 1935. pp. 485. 
  2. Rittenhouse, Jessie B. (2002 (orig. 1917)). The Little Book of Modern Verse. New York City: Bartleby.com. http://www.bartleby.com/267/1003.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Haralson, Eric L.; John Hollander (1998). Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-57958-008-7. 
  4. "Martha Foot Crowe Papers". Syracuse University Library Finding Aids. Syracuse University. 2007. http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/crow_mf.htm. Retrieved 19 Dec 2010. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (Vol. 23). 1933. pp. 160. 
  6. Clinton Scollard (1860-1932), University of South Carolina Upstate. Web, Jan. 25, 2015.

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