Robert W. Service
Writer, Author
1874 – 1958
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Who was Robert W. Service?
Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon". He is best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", from his first book, Songs of a Sourdough. His vivid descriptions of the Yukon and its people made it seem that he was a veteran of the Klondike gold rush, instead of the late-arriving bank clerk he actually was. "These humorous tales in verse were considered doggerel by the literary set, yet remain extremely popular to this day."
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- Born
- Jan 16, 1874
City of Preston, Lancashire - Also known as
- Robert Service
- Spouses
- Germaine Bougeoin
(1913/06 - )
- Germaine Bougeoin
- Nationality
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Hillhead High School
- University of Glasgow
- McGill University
- Lived in
- Yukon
- Whitehorse
- Died
- Sep 11, 1958
Lancieux
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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