Reid, Mayne (M)

Surname: Reid
Forename(s): Thomas Mayne
b. 4 April 1818. d. 22 October 1883. Nationality: Irish.
Novelist and children's writer. Pseudonym: Charles Beach. Alternative signature: Captain Mayne Reid. From Ballyroney, Ireland. Son of Thomas Mayne Reid and his wife, née Rutherford. Befriended Edgar Allan Poe after moving to Philadelphia. Married Elizabeth Hyde on 15 August 1854. Wrote fiction for children and adults inspired by his U. S. Military experience in the war against Mexico. Biographical information: ODNB. (BGL)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 1
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Indian Summer 1860-08-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6742