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Lampman, Archibald
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Description area
Dates of existence
1861-1899
History
Archibald Lampman was born on November 17, 1861. In 1866 the family moved to Perrytown (near Port Hope), moving again in 1867 to Gore's Landing. In 1868 he contracted rheumatic fever, that would eventually contribute to his death at the age of 38. The family moved to Cobourg in 1874. In 1876 Lampman enrolled at Trinity College School, graduating in 1879. He enrolled at Trinity College (University of Toronto) in 1879. He joined the school's literary institute and began contributing to the school's newspaper. He graduated in 1882. After graduation he taught briefly before taking a clerk position in the Post Office Department in Ottawa.
He was a prolific author of poetry - writing more than 300 poems in the last period of his life. Some of them were published in literary magazines in Canada and the U. S.
He was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1895. He died in Ottawa on February 10, 1899.
Archibald Lampman is known as one of Canada's Confederation Poets, a group which also includes Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Duncan Campbell Scott.