Stoddard

Stoddard, RICHARD HENRY, American poet, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, in July 1825, attended schools in New York, and then worked in an iron-foundry for some years, meanwhile reading widely, especially in poetry. In 1849 he produced a small volume of poems, only to suppress it afterwards; but 1852 saw the birth of a sturdier collection. From 1853 to 1870 he served in the New York custom-house, in 1870-73 was clerk to General McClellan, and for a year city librarian; and he has done much reviewing and writing for the booksellers. His poems include Songs in Summer (1857), The King's Bell (1862), The Book of the East (1867), and Lion's Cub (1891).