RUFUS WILMOT GRISWOLD
\ɹˈuːfəs wˈɪlmɒt ɡɹˈɪswə͡ʊld], \ɹˈuːfəs wˈɪlmɒt ɡɹˈɪswəʊld], \ɹ_ˈuː_f_ə_s w_ˈɪ_l_m_ɒ_t ɡ_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_w_əʊ_l_d]\
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An American journalist and prose-writer; born in Benson, Vt., Feb. 15, 1815; died in New York, Aug. 27, 1857. He left the pulpit to enter journalism, and edited Graham's Magazine with signal ability. In 1852 he conducted the International Magazine. His works include "Poets and Poetry of America", which reached twenty editions; "Poets and Poetry of England in the Nineteenth Century"; "Prose Writers of America"; "Female Poets of America"; etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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