Charles Sangster

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1822 – 1893

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Who was Charles Sangster?

Charles Sangster was a Canadian poet whose 1856 volume, The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay, "was received with unanimous acclaim as the best and most important book of poetry produced in Canada until that time." He was "the first poet who made appreciative use of Canadian subjects in his poetical work." The Dictionary of Canadian Biography calls him "the best of the pre-confederation poets."

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Born
Jul 16, 1822
Kingston
Nationality
  • Canada
Died
Dec 9, 1893

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on July 23, 2013

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