Mrs. Maria Polly Alger Crozier (1834-1912) was an American poet and hymnist.[1]
M.P.A. Crozier, Songs in Earnest, 1887. Courtesy Internet Archive.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Crozer was born Maria Polly Alger in Rochester, New York.[1]
She attended school in Rochester, and graduated from McGrawville College in McGraw, New York.[1]
Adult life[]
She married Owen Russell Loomis Crozier. The couple had 2 daughters – Nanna and Jenny – and 6 sons: Arthur, Ernest, Alfred, Hubert, Galen, and Charles.[1]
In 1854 the Croziers moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where both parents worked as public school teachers.[1]
M.P.A. Crozier died in Grand Rapids in 1912.[1]
Writing[]
Crozier wrote for the Advent Harbinger and the Children's Friend publications, and contributed poems to journals such as The Sybill, The Household Advocate, and The Morning Star.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Songs in Earnest. Washington, D.C.: J.H. Soulé, 1887.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 John Perry, M.P.A. Crozier, The Hymnary. Web, June 3, 2023.
- ↑ Songs in Earnest, Internet Archive. Web, June 3, 2023.
External links[]
- Poems
- "The Homestead"
- "The Poet in June"
- M.P.A. Crozier at The Hymnary (9 hymns)
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