b. 15 September 1795. d. 2 May 1856. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet, linguist, editor, translator (especially from German), surgeon, and geologist.
Born in Connecticut. Educated at Yale College. Graduated with a medical degree, but
left medicine to become a poet. Contributed to *The Microscope*. Became the state
geologist of Connecticut in 1835 and Wisconsin in 1854. Biographical information:
*ANB*. (KH, CC)