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Poet Laureate of Oregon whose verse works include The Shoes of Happiness and Gates of Paradise. He published two prose works -- Children in Bondage and California the Wonderful -- in 1914.His 1899 poetry collection, The Man With the Hoe, was inspired by a French painting.He developed a friendship with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
BEFORE FAMEHe attended a Christian college in Santa Rosa, California. He later served as Superintendent of Schools in El Dorado County, California.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was married three times, and he moved to New York City with his third wife, Anna Catherine Murphy.
Famous QuotesThe thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?
Poet Edwin Markham were born on Friday, in a leap year, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of , it is 106 days until Edwin Markham next birthday.
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Jan. 08 1949
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