The sun., 1908-01-19
STElNAN, THE POET, IS DEAD
ATTACKED ny HEART DISEASE,
WRITING IN HIS LIBRARY.
HIs son Heard Him Fan and Found Him I'm.
eSnscIOus-The Poet IN His JSth Year
Had Been Editor. War COrrespORdent
and SIember Of the sleek Exchange.

ana memDer ot tne SI0ck ExCmAnGe.
Edmund Clarence stedmAn. the poet
banker died suddenly from heart disease
yesterday afternoon at his home. 9e4S
Broadway. Mr.. Stedman had been in
feeble health for some time. and Il was said
AZ his home last night that no had only re-
Gently had an attack and was being closely
watched TO see that he did not Overexsrt
himself. After luncheon yesterday Mr.
Stedman went to his library to work on a
magazine article. His son Arthur came
in later in the afternoon and was In an ad-
joining room when be heard his father fall.
He ran into the library and found him lying
on the floor unconscious. servant was
sent foo a doctor, but Mr.. Stedman died
before the physician came. Mr.. stedman
was a widower with one child. his son. Mrs
Nelson Easton Of New York and Mrs William
1. Kip Of San Francisco are his sisters.
Edmund Clarence Stsdman was Born IN
Hartford, Conn. on October 8. 1888. the son
Of Major Edmund Burke Stedman and the
great-grandson Of the Rev. Aaron Clsve-
land, the New England poet. His mother
was Elizabeth Clementine Dodge, a woman
Of many gifts and lover Of poetry.
Major Stedman died when his son wss
young. and the boy was put in the care of
James Stedmsn, a great-uncle and prom
inent jurist Of Norwich. He entered Yale
in ls40. While in college he excelIed in
Greek and English composition and took a
hrst prize in a Yale !oontsst with poem
called Westminster Abbey"
He was fmpetuOUs In thoeB days. and in
his third year he was suspended and didn't
return. Many years afterward-in 1871
Yale University. proud Of the achievements
OF steoman. reinstated him In the class Of
1853 and gave him the degree Of master Of
arts. which degree he also received from
Dartmouth in 1873.
After leaving Yale be found his way at
once into journalism. becoming editor Of
the Tribune in Norwich when he was but
10 years old. In 1883 he married Laura
Hyde Woodwork. He left the TTi6G 'e to
become editor Of the Herald at Winsted,
Conn, and after years experience there
ne decided TO strike out for New York.
His wife was the Blanche OF his youthful
poem Bohemia" which indicates plainly
enough that the young Connections writer
didn't have a very easy time Of 10 for the
first few years in New York. He was at first
a contributor to the Tribune and other
papers. In 1850 The Diamond Wedding"
a satiricAi poem. was published in the
Tribune. and a little later How Old Brown
Took Harper's Ferry The latter poem
was a great favorite with Mrs. Browning,
and Emerson included it in his 1ParnassUs-
Before the end Of 1859 Stedman had place
on the stan Of the Tribune, and the next
year he published his first volume Of
Poems. Lyrics and Idyls" In 1891 he
Joined the stan Of the World and went to
the front as war correspondent.
He returned TO this city in 1854, in which
year Alice OF Monmouth, an Idyl OF the
Great War" was published. This poem.
telling the story Of young man Of fine
social standing wedding a young woman
out Of his rank, his disinheritance by his
father. his death in the war after a recon-
ciliation Of father and son. Immediately
found popular favor.
Shortly after the close Of the war Mr..
Stedman left the newspaper business and
went into banking. His idea in doing this
was that he might haVe more time for inde-
pendent literary work. In 1899 he became
q member or the STOCK Exchange. In the
course OF ten years he had made money
and at the same time had produced his
Victorian Poets.' He continued on the
floor Of the Exchange up TO 1900. when he
sold his seat. On the occasion Of his re-
tirement his broker friends presented 10
him a silver loving cup.
For many years Mr.. Stedman's former
home in West Fifty y-seventh street was the
meeting place Of mon eminent In the liter
ary world. Among his other pOstical
works are The Blamelees Prince 'HawL
thOrne and Other Poems and Lyrics and
Idyls, with Other Poems.' published in
1877. His critical works include Poets Of
America and The Nature and Elements
Of Poetry" He edited several anthologies
and leotured frequently at the large uni
verGdes. He succeeded James Russell
Lowell as president OF the American Copy
right League.