Surname: Carman Forename(s): William Bliss b. 15 April 1861. d. 8 June 1929. Nationality: Canadian. VIAF.
Poet, essayist, journalist, and editor. Cousin of poet Charles George Douglas Roberts.
Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Educated at the University of New Brunswick, University
of Edinburgh, and Harvard University. Moved to the United States in 1890. Literary
editor of the Independent. Founder of The Chap-Book. Contributed to the Boston Evening Transcript. Editor-in-chief of The World’s Best Poetry (1904) and editor of The Oxford Book of American Verse (1927). Author of several volumes of poetry including Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of Lyrics (1893) and Pipes of Pan (1906). Member of the Royal Society of Canada (1925). Recipient of the Lorne Pierce
Medal (1928). Biographical information: DCB. (CC)