Joaquin Miller | |
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Born | Cincinnatus Hiner Miller September 8, 1837 Union County, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | February 17, 1913 Oakland, California, U.S. | (aged 75)
Resting place | Joaquin Miller Park |
Occupation | Poet, author, frontiersman |
Spouse | Minnie Myrtle Miller (m. 1861; div. 1870), Abigail Leland (m. 1879; death 1913) |
Children | 4 or 5 |
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Cincinnatus Heine Miller[1] (/ˌsɪnsɪˈneɪtəs ˈhaɪnə/; September 8, 1837 – February 17, 1913), better known by his pen name Joaquin Miller (/hwɑːˈkiːn/), was an American poet, author, and frontiersman. He became known as the "Poet of the Sierras" after the Sierra Nevada, about which he wrote in his Songs of the Sierras (1871).