Oscanyan, Hatchik
author, was born in 1818 in Turkey. He is an Armenian writer of New York city who took the name of Christopher; and is the author of Acaby, a satirical romance; Veronica, a novel; Bedig, a work for young readers; and The Sultan and His People, once a very popular work.
OSGOOD, MRS. FRANCES SARGENT [LOCKE], poet, was born June 18, 1811, in Boston, Mass. She was a poet whose poems were for a time extremely popular.
She was the author of The Casket of Fate; A Wreath of Wild Flowers from New England; The Happy Release, a play written for Sheridan Knowles; and Poems.
She died May 12, 1850, in Hingham, Mass.