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Download or read book Edward Rowland Sill written by William Belmont Parker and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Rowland Sill was born April 29, 1841 in Windsor, Connecticut to Dr. Theodore Sill and Elizabeth Newberry Rowland Sill. At the age of 13 both his parents had died, leaving him to be raised by relatives. At the age of 17 he entered Yale College. Here the love for poetry he had inherited from his mother grew and by the time he graduated at the age of 21 still undecided about his future he decided to travel. We learn of his travels from the journal he kept. He married his uncle's daughter Elizabeth Newbury Sill. He spent his life writing poetry and teaching. From 1871 to 1883 he taught English at Oakland, California and the University of California at Berkley. He died Feb. 27,1887. His many friends mourned the loss of this man whom they considered the fittest to carry forward the torch of poetry. Family ancestor names include Walcott, Grant, Edwards, Ellsworth, Rowland, Allyn, Ware and others.