Charles De Kay

LC name authority rec. no98099116

Biography:

s. Commodore George C. and Janet (Drake) D.; A.B., Yale, 1868; m. Edwalyn, d. Edward Lees Coffey of Dublin, Ireland, maj. British forces in India, June 4, 1888; children—Phyllis Dunboyne (Mrs. Edward Basil Bury), Helena van Brugh, Katharine Finola (Mrs. Robert Woodhouse Barbour), Adrian Barton Drake, Rodman Drake, Marion Eckford (Mrs. Peyton Rous), Charles Ormonde, Sylvia Octavia. Lit. and art editor New York Times, 1876-94; art editor New York Evening Post, 1907. Am. consul gen. at Berlin, 1894-97. Asso. editor Art World, New York, 1915-17. Mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Author: The Bohemian, 1878; Hesperus and Other Poems, 1880; Vision of Nimrod, 1881; Vision of Esther (dramatic poems), 1882; Love Poems of Louis Barnaval, 1883; Life and Works of Barye, Sculptor, 1889; Bird Gods (study of myths and religions in Ancient Europe), 1898; Life and Works of Louis C. Tiffany. Home: East Hampton, L.I., N.Y. Death: Died May 23, 1935.

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