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English, Thomas Dunn

lawyer, physician, congressman, journalist, author, poet, was born June 29, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa. For several years he practiced medicine; and in 1842 was admitted to the bar. In 1844 he edited a daily paper in New York; and since that time has principally been engaged in journalism and authorship in Newark, N. J. In 1863-64 he served in the New Jersey legislature; and was subsequently elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat. His principal novels are Walter Wolf; Ambrose Fecit; and Jacob Schuyler's Millions. His poems have been published in volumes known as American Ballads; Boys' Book of Battle Lyrics; and Select Poems; and also a collection of his fairy tales called Once Upon a Time. His song of Ben Bolt, written in 1843, has achieved world-wide renown; and his patriotic ballad of 1860-64 attracted much attention.