hs english 3 lesson-joyce kilmer
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American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, editor and (not known to everyone) …
A former military man.
Alfred Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886 – July 30,1918)
Alfred Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886 – July 30, 1918)
Alfred Joyce Kilmer American journalist poet literary critic lecturer A sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry
Regiment during W.W.1 Born :December 6, 1886 in New
Brunswick, New Jersey
Died: July 30, 1918
ParentsFather: Dr. Frederick Barnett KilmerMother: Annie Ellen Kilburn- KilmerWife : Aline Murray
Children: Kenton Sinclair Kilmer
Michael Barry Kilmer
Clanton Kilmer
Rose Kilburn Kilmer
Christopher Kilmer
Family
Education
Rutgers College Grammar School - 1895Rutgers College-After his graduation but
transferred to…Columbia College of Columbia
University- He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree.
Affiliations
Academic ( Rutgers College)
Associate editor of The Targum, the campus newspaper ( Rutgers College)
a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity
(Columbia College of Columbia University) Kilmer was vice-president of the Philolexian
Society Associate editor of Columbia Spectator A member of the Debating Union
Taught Latin at Morristown High School in Morristown, New Jersey-1908
submitted essays to Red Cross Notes (including his first published piece, an essay on the Psychology of Advertising
wrote book reviews for The Literary Digest, Town & Country, The Nation, and The New York Times.
employed by Funk and Wagnalls ( which was preparing an edition of The Standard Dictionary)
Work experiences
Enlisted in the Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard.
assigned as a statistician with the U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment.