Surname: Bryant Forename(s): William Cullen b. 3 November 1794. d. 12 June 1878. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet, journalist, and lawyer. Editor and part owner of the New-York Evening Post. Edited the New York Review and Atheneum Magazine. Called to the bar in 1815 and practiced law until 1825. Delivered memorial orations
for many of literary figures of the day, including Washington Irving and James Fenimore
Cooper. Author of Poems (1821). Biographical information: ODNB. (JS)