Sidney Clopton Lanier - (1842-1881)
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By Josh LandisI. Biography Sidney Lanier was born February 3,1842 in Macon, Georgia. He attended
Oglethorpe University and he was fascinated by writings of Byron, Tennyson, and Scott. He grew up in the rural part of Georgia. He also fought in the Civil War. While fighting, he was plagued with a lung
disease. When Lanier returned home after the war, he found that his mother had died. He then moved to Prattville, Alabama and tutored at a women's
college. In 1873, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to become first flutist in the Peabody Orchestra. He then became a professor at John Hopkins University. Lanier died in North Carolina on September 7, 1881.
II. Literary Works Sidney Lanier is one of Georgia's historical writers. He has written many great literary works such as Tiger Lilies, and John Lockwood's Mill
. He has also written many poems and stories about the "Old South". Lanier is considered one of the greatest writers to come from Georgia. III. Sources Dictionary of Georgia Biography's Vol. 2
This essay was submitted by a student of Debbie Wooten, a teacher at Bacon County High School in Alma, Georgia.