Poet and Reformer, was born in Plainfield, Conn, the song of Rinaldo and Lydia (Bradford) Burleigh, and was brought up on a farm in a poor but intellectual atmosphere where dicussions of the religius, educational, and philanthropic topics of the day inculcated reform attitudes in him and his brothers-Charles Calistus, William Henry, Lucian, and Cyrus. After a common school education, George continued his farmer-life, composed poetry and lectured on slavery to the surrounding countryside. His frist book, ELEGIAC POEM ON THE DEATH OF NATHANIEL PEABODY ROGERS, appeared in 1846, and closely remsembes the style of LYCIDAS and ADONAIS. During the following two years he edited the CHARTER OAK, an abolitionist paper at Hatford, Conn. In 1849 he married Ruth Burgess of Little Compoton, RI., and in the same year published THE MANIAC AND OTHER POEMS. Among his other works are SIGNAL FIRES ON THE TRAIL OF THE PATHFINDER, an anonymous poetical campaign tract and tribute to General John C Fremont, and a translation in 1874 of Legende des Siecles by Victor Hugh. His name will be remembered longer in connection with reform movements than literature.
Poet and Reformer, was born in Plainfield, Conn, the song of Rinaldo and Lydia (Bradford) Burleigh, and was brought up on a farm in a poor but intellectual atmosphere where dicussions of the religius, educational, and philanthropic topics of the day inculcated reform attitudes in him and his brothers-Charles Calistus, William Henry, Lucian, and Cyrus. After a common school education, George continued his farmer-life, composed poetry and lectured on slavery to the surrounding countryside. His frist book, ELEGIAC POEM ON THE DEATH OF NATHANIEL PEABODY ROGERS, appeared in 1846, and closely remsembes the style of LYCIDAS and ADONAIS. During the following two years he edited the CHARTER OAK, an abolitionist paper at Hatford, Conn. In 1849 he married Ruth Burgess of Little Compoton, RI., and in the same year published THE MANIAC AND OTHER POEMS. Among his other works are SIGNAL FIRES ON THE TRAIL OF THE PATHFINDER, an anonymous poetical campaign tract and tribute to General John C Fremont, and a translation in 1874 of Legende des Siecles by Victor Hugh. His name will be remembered longer in connection with reform movements than literature.
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