- Real name
- George Lynde Catlin
- Born
- February 13, 1840
- Died
- December 15, 1896
- Country
- United States
- Comments
- Scholar, journalist, poet and writer born on Staten Island, New York. He graduated from Yale University and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He then worked as an editorial writer and columnist for a newspaper before embarking on a 17-year career in the consular service. He was the United States Consul in France, Bavaria and Switzerland. He also found time to write several books and was prominent in politics in Paterson, New Jersey..
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