- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Birthplace of Sidney Lanier historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bibb County
Birthplaces--Georgia--Macon - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 935 High Street, Macon
Text of marker: "BIRTHPLACE OF SIDNEY LANIER. Sidney Lanier, poet, linguist, musician, mathematician & lawyer, was born in this cottage, Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe Univ. then at Milledgeville, served as a private in the Confederate Army and was captured while commanding a blockade runner. Lanier was married in 1867 to Mary Day of Macon where he practiced law with his father. Moving to Maryland he lectured at Johns Hopkins while carrying on his writing. He died at Lynn, N.C. Sept 7, 1881. Among his best known works are "The Marshes of Glynn" & "Song of the Chattahoochee." 011-6 Georgia Historic Marker 1975" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_birthplace-of-sidney-lanier
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_birthplace-of-sidney-lanier
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
