Unknown County IL Archives Biographies.....Arnold, George 1834 - 1865
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

ARNOLD, George, author, was born in New York city, June 24, 1834. Before he 
arrived at school age his parents removed to Illinois, where he attended the 
public schools until his fifteenth year; they then settled at Strawberry 
Farms, N.J. Having a talent for drawing, he entered the studio of a painter in 
New York, but soon abandoned his purpose of becoming an artist and devoted 
himself to literature. His contributions to Vanity Fair and the New York 
Leader soon brought him into popular favor, and a series of articles, entitled 
the McArone Papers, added to his reputation, and established his fame as a 
humorist. His poems are remarkable for their sweetness and delicacy of 
sentiment. His works were collected after his death by William Winter, and 
published in two duodecimo volumes. The Jolly Old Pedagogue is his best-known 
poem. He died Nov. 3. 1865.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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