Roberts, Sir Charles G(eorge) D(ouglas)
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born Jan. 10, 1860, Douglas, N.B.
died Nov. 26, 1943, Toronto, Ont., Can.
Canadian poet.
At first a teacher and editor, he became a journalist in New York City and lived in London before settling in Toronto. His best-known poems are simple descriptive lyrics about the scenery and rural life of Nova Scotia and his native New Brunswick. He published some 12 verse volumes, including
In Divers Tones (1887) and
The Vagrant of Time (1927). His prose includes short stories that display his intimate knowledge of the Canadian woods, including
Earth's Enigmas (1896) and
Red Fox (1905). He is remembered as the first writer to express national feeling after the confederation of 1867.
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