Charles DeKay
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| Born | Charles Augustus de Kay July 25, 1848[1] |
| Died | May 23, 1935 (aged 86)[1] |
| Alma mater | Yale[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Edwardlyn Coffey[1] |
| Children | Drake, Rodman, Ormonde, Helena, Janet |
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Charles Augustus de Kay (July 25, 1848 – May 23, 1935) was a linguist, poet, critic, and fencer. He was a son of George Coleman De Kay, a naval officer.[2] He was best known for founding the National Arts Club and the Fencers Club.[1] He was inducted into the United States Fencing Hall of Fame in 2008. He was an art and literary critic for The New York Times for 18 years. He was a co-founder of the Circle of Friends of the Medallion.[3]
He also wrote under the pseudonym Henry Eckford.[3]
He was buried in Saint George's Church Cemetery, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.[4]
Writing[]
- The Bohemian (New York, 1878)
- Hesperus (1880)
- Vision of Nimrod (1881)
- Vision of Esther (1882)
- Love Poems of Louis Barnaval (1883).
- Bird Gods, with an accompaniment of decorations by George Wharton Edwards. New York : A.S. Barnes (1898).[5]
According to Appletons' Cyclopædia (1900), his best-known story is "Manmatha".[2]
References[]
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Wikisource has original works written by or about: Charles DeKay |
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Brief Biography of Charles deKay" Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, United States Fencing Hall of Fame website. Retrieved on December 02, 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Homren, Wayne (editor). "Numismatic Writer Charles De Kay", The E-Sylum, volume 5, number 43, October 27, 2002, Article 4. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Charles Augustus DeKay". findagrave.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ De Kay 1898: OCLC 1065202268 (all editions) (see also: OCLC 1087093329 (all editions) etc.); digital copy at Internet Archive; digital copy at University of Michigan.
External links[]
- Works by Charles DeKay at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles DeKay at Internet Archive / Works by or about Charles DeKay at Internet Archive
- Works by Charles DeKay at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: an artist's country estate, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on DeKay
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- 1848 births
- 1935 deaths
- American male fencers
- Critics employed by The New York Times
- Journalists from Washington, D.C.
- Yale University alumni