Arthur Talmage Abernethy | |
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| Born | October 10, 1872 Rutherford College, NC |
| Died | May 15, 1956 (aged 83) Asheville, North Carolina |
| Resting place | Rutherford College Cemetery |
| Occupation | Writer, theologian, poet |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Rutherford College, A.B. Trinity College, A.M. Johns Hopkins University, PhD |
| Genre | Theology, biography, poetry |
| Notable awards | North Carolina Poet Laureate |
| Spouse | Edna Beatty (Lachot) |
| Relatives | Robert Labon Abernethy (father), Mary Ann Hayes (mother) |
Arthur Talmage Abernethy (October 10, 1872 – May 15, 1956) was a writer, theologian, and poet. He pastored several churches, contributed articles and poems to newspapers around the United States, and was named by Governor R. Gregg Cherry as the first North Carolina Poet Laureate in 1948.