Key,Francis Scott

Key,Francis Scott
Key (kē), Francis Scott. 1779-1843.
American lawyer and poet who wrote “Defense of Fort M'Henry” after witnessing the British attack on Fort McHenry at Baltimore on September 13-14, 1814. The poem was set to the music of an 18th-century tune called “To Anacreon in Heaven,” renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and in 1931 was adopted by Congress as the national anthem.

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  • Key, Francis Scott — born Aug. 1, 1779, Frederick county, Md., U.S. died Jan. 11, 1843, Baltimore, Md. U.S. lawyer, author of The Star Spangled Banner. After the burning of Washington, D.C., in the War of 1812 he was sent to secure the release of a friend from a… …   Universalium

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