John vance cheney biography

John Vance Cheney

(1848-1922)
New York & California

John Vance Cheney was born in Groveland, New York. He studied law and was admitted to the bar.

John vance cheney biography

He is reputed to have found no pleasure in the legal profession and began to publish his poetry with periodicals, in particular, Century.

Cheney departed for California in 1876 and served for seven years as librarian of the Free Public Library of San Francisco (1887-94), where he was acquainted with Joaquin Miller.

From 1894 to 1909, Cheney was librarian of the Newberry Library, in Chicago.

[Stanley J. Kunitz & Howard Haycraft (eds.), American Authors 1600-1900: A Biographical Dictionary of American Literature 145-46 (New York: H.W.

Wilson Co., 1932)] [See also: The National Cyclopedia of Biography 289 (New York: James T. White & Co., 1892)(vol. 6)]

Poems

[Evening Songs] [Every One to His Own Way] [Somewhere] [The Happiest Heart] [The Man With the Hoe] [The Skilful Listener] [The Strong] [Whither] [Somewher