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About Florence Earle Coates
Florence Van Leer Nicholson Coates was an American poet whose prolific output was published in dozens of literary magazines, some of it set to music. She was mentored by the English poet Matthew Arnold, with whom she maintained a lasting friendship. She was famous for her many nature poems, inspired by the flora and fauna of the Adirondacks, where she and her husband Edward Hornor Coates maintained a summer camp. She was elected poet laureate by the State Federation of Women's Clubs (Pennsylvania) in 1915.
Everything about Florence Earle Coates →- Occupation
- poet, writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 1, 1850, 1850
- Died
- April 6, 1927, 1927, 1929