Joseph Dennie | |
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 Portrait of Joseph Dennie by James Sharples, c. 1790 | |
| Born | Joseph Dennie August 30, 1768 |
| Died | January 7, 1812 (aged 43) |
| Other names | Oliver Oldschool Academicus Socialis |
| Education | Harvard College |
| Occupation(s) | Author, journalist, editor, secretary |
| Notable credit(s) | The Lay Preacher Port Folio |
Joseph Dennie (August 30, 1768 – January 7, 1812) was an American author and journalist who was one of the foremost men of letters of the Federalist Era.[1] A Federalist, Dennie is best remembered for his series of essays entitled The Lay Preacher and as the founding editor of The Port Folio, a journal espousing classical republican values. Port Folio was the most highly regarded and successful literary publication of its time,[2][3][4] and the first important political and literary journal in the United States.[5] Timothy Dwight IV once referred to Dennie as "the Addison of America"[6] and "the father of American Belles-Lettres."[7]