TWA Poet: William Cullen Bryant

1794 - 1878

It’s the birthday of William Cullen Bryant, born in Cummington, Massachusetts (1794), who worked as a lawyer, hated it, wrote a history of world civilization in verse while still working as a lawyer in his 20s, quit his attorney job, became a journalist, and edited the New York Evening Post for 50 years, during which time he promoted unions, condemned s…