William Cullen Bryant

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Fireside Poet editor human journalist lawyer literary critic poet

William Cullen Bryant was a 19th-century American poet and journalist, best known for his nature-themed poetry and as one of the prominent members of the Fireside Poets.

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fireside Poet → editor → human → journalist → lawyer → literary critic → poet →
causeOfDeath	complications from a fall →
commemoratedBy	Bryant Park in Manhattan →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Williams College (informal, honorary association) →
employer	New York Evening Post →
familyName	Bryant →
fieldOfWork	journalism → literature → poetry →
genre	lyric poetry → nature poetry → poetry →
givenName	William →
hasPart	Bryant Park (named in his honor) →
influenced	later 19th-century American poets →
influencedBy	English Romantic poets →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Fireside Poets →
middleName	Cullen →
movement	American Romanticism → Romanticism →
name	William Cullen Bryant →
notableFor	being a leading 19th-century American poet → being a prominent member of the Fireside Poets → nature-themed poetry →
notableWork	A Winter Piece → Forest Hymn → Thanatopsis → The Ages → The Death of the Flowers → The Prairies → The Yellow Violet → To a Waterfowl →
occupation	journalist → lawyer → newspaper editor → poet → translator →
placeOfBirth	Cummington, Massachusetts →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party (early career) → Free Soil movement → Republican Party (later career) →
positionHeld	co-owner of the New York Evening Post → editor-in-chief of the New York Evening Post →
religion	Protestantism → Unitarianism (later in life) →
residence	Cummington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Frances Fairchild Bryant →
stateOfDeath	New York →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Asher B. Durand →	associatedWith
Fireside Poets →	hasMember
William Cullen Bryant →	name
Bryant Park →	namedAfter
Schoolroom Poets →	notableMember
A Fable for Critics →	portrays