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Fulton County was organized in 1823 from Pike County.It is named for Robert Fulton, developer of the first commercially successful steamboat. [3] American poet and writer Edgar Lee Masters lived in Fulton County during the 1890s; he later became famous for the Spoon River Anthology, written in 1915.
Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School ; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years.
As a gentleman switches his cane." —Illustration from the 1830 edition of The Devil's Walk , attributed to Professor Porson "The Devil's Thoughts" is a satirical poem in common metre by Samuel Taylor Coleridge , published in 1799, and expanded by Robert Southey in 1827 and retitled "The Devil's Walk" .
Robert A. King (September 20, 1862 – April 13, 1932) was a prolific early twentieth century American composer, who wrote under pen names including the pen names, ...
Originally, gentleman was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the rank of gentleman comprised the younger sons of the younger sons of peers, and the younger sons of a baronet, a knight, and an esquire, in perpetual succession.
Oct. 21—WILKES-BARRE — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff said on Monday the campaign trail has caused him to be away from his wife for extended periods of time — which was why he seized the ...
Robert Francis (August 12, 1901 – July 13, 1987) was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. His 1953 poem, “The Pitcher”, is a classic work among coaches, athletes, baseball players—and pitchers and artists.
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