John Jay Chapman

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

Read Next

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

9 American Countercultural Books

Discover

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

John Jay Chapman: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born	March 2, 1862 • New York City • New York
Died	November 4, 1933 (aged 71) • Poughkeepsie • New York
Notable Works	“Causes and Consequences” • “Practical Agitation”

Photos

See All Images →

T.S. Eliot

American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic

Jeannette Leonard Gilder

American editor and writer

Marya Mannes

American author and critic

Samuel Johnson

English author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

W. H. Auden

British poet

Ishmael Reed

American author

Dorothy Parker

American author

Daniel Berrigan

American priest and poet

Julia Ward Howe

American writer

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

Constance Lindsay Skinner

American writer and historian

William Carlos Williams

American poet

Archibald MacLeish

American author, educator, and public official

Sonia Sanchez

American poet, playwright, and educator

John Crowe Ransom

American poet and critic

James Kirke Paulding

American writer

Robert Duncan

American poet

June Jordan

American author

Henry Cuyler Bunner

American writer

Quiz

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.

American Writers Quiz

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

John Jay Chapman: Facts & Related Content

Facts

Photos

Related Biographies

Related Quizzes and Features