Atlantic Monthly

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Atlantic Monthly

MAGAZINE

Literary journal, established in 1857, the first editor of which was James Russell Lowell. Not to be confused with the modern political magazine, the Atlantic Monthly.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Thomas Bailey Aldrich Poet 11-Nov-1836 19-Mar-1907 The Story of a Bad Boy

Frederick Lewis Allen Journalist 5-Jul-1890 13-Feb-1954 Editor of Harpers, 1941-53

James Thomas Fields Editor 31-Dec-1817 24-Apr-1881 Editor of the Atlantic Monthly

Bret Harte Author 25-Aug-1836 5-May-1902 Master of the western short story

William Dean Howells Author 1-Mar-1837 11-May-1920 The Rise of Silas Lapham

James Russell Lowell Author 22-Feb-1819 12-Aug-1891 The Biglow Papers

Francis Henry Underwood Author 12-Jan-1825 7-Aug-1894 Quabbin: The Story of a Small Town

John Greenleaf Whittier Poet 17-Dec-1807 7-Sep-1892 American abolitionist poet

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