| William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite | |
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William Stanley Braithwaite in 1947 |
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| Born | December 6, 1878 Boston, Massachusetts[1] |
| Died | June 8, 1962[1] New York, New York[1] |
| Spouse | Emma Kelly[1] |
| Children | Fiona Rossetti Braithwaite (Carter), Katherine Keats Braithwaite (Arnold), Cayman Braithwaite (Agard). William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite, Jr., Paul Ledoux Braithwaite, Arnold D. Braithwaite.[1] |
William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite (December 6, 1878 – June 8, 1962) was an American writer, poet and literary critic.
Braithwaite was born in Boston, Massachusetts. At the age of 12, upon the death of his father, Braithwaite was forced to quit school to support his family. At age 15 he apprenticed to a typesetter for the Boston publisher, Ginn & Co., where he discovered an affinity for lyric poetry and begun to write his own poems.
From 1906 to 1931 he contributed to The Boston Evening Transcript, eventually becoming its literary editor. He also wrote articles, reviews and poetry for many other periodicals and journals, including Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times, and the New Republic
In 1918 he was awarded the Spingarn Medal[1] by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
In 1935, Braithwaite assumed a professorship of creative literature at Atlanta University. He retired from Atlanta University in 1945.
In 1946 he, his wife, Emma Kelly, and their seven children moved to Sugar Hill, a neighborhood in Harlem, New York, where Braithwaite continued to write and publish poetry, essays and anthologies. He died in his home at 409 Edgecombe Avenue in Harlem after a brief illness, on June 8, 1962.[1]
William Stanley Braithwaite published three volumes of his own poetry: