Charles DeKay
Charles Augustus de Kay (July 25, 1848 – May 23, 1935) was a linguist, poet, critic, and fencer. He was a son of George Coleman De Kay, a naval officer.[2] He was best known for founding the National Arts Club and the Fencers Club.[1] He was inducted into the United States Fencing Hall of Fame in 2008. He was an art and literary critic for The New York Times for 18 years. He was a co-founder of the Circle of Friends of the Medallion.[3]
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| Born | Charles Augustus de Kay July 25, 1848[1] Washington, D.C., US |
| Died | May 23, 1935 (aged 86)[1] New York City, US[1] |
| Alma mater | Yale[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Edwardlyn Coffey[1] |
| Children | 5 |
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He also wrote under the pseudonym Henry Eckford.[3]
He was buried in Saint George's Church Cemetery, Hempstead, New York.
Writing
- The Bohemian (New York, 1878)
- Hesperus (1880)
- Vision of Nimrod (1881)
- Vision of Esther (1882)
- Love Poems of Louis Barnaval (1883).
- Bird Gods, with an accompaniment of decorations by George Wharton Edwards. New York : A.S. Barnes (1898).[4]
According to Appletons' Cyclopædia (1900), his best-known story is "Manmatha".[2]
References
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- "Brief Biography of Charles deKay" Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, United States Fencing Hall of Fame website. Retrieved on December 02, 2010.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- Homren, Wayne (editor). "Numismatic Writer Charles De Kay", The E-Sylum, volume 5, number 43, October 27, 2002, Article 4. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- De Kay 1898: OCLC 1065202268 (all editions) (see also: OCLC 1087093329 (all editions) etc.); digital copy at Internet Archive; digital copy at University of Michigan.
External links
- Works by Charles DeKay at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles DeKay at Internet Archive / Works by or about Charles DeKay at Internet Archive
- Works by Charles DeKay at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: an artist's country estate, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on DeKay
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