caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
frontispiece coote pinkney '' from '' the life and works of edward 11 april 1828 baltimore , maryland london , england 1 october 1802 edward coote pinkney frontispiece.jpg edward coote pinkney
 edward coote pinkney sailor lawyer poet
edward coote pinkney

edward coote pinkney -lrb- october 1 , 1802 -- april 11 , 1828 -rrb- was an american poet , lawyer , sailor , professor , and editor .
born in london in 1802 , pinkney made his way to maryland .
after attending college , he joined the united states navy and traveled throughout the mediterranean and elsewhere .
he then attempted a law career but was unsuccessful and attempted to join the mexican army , though he never did .
he died at the age of 25 in 1828 .
pinkney published several lyric poems inspired primarily by the work of british poets .
critic and poet edgar allan poe supported pinkney 's work after his death , quoting from his poetry in a lecture series .
poe also suggested pinkney would have been more successful if he was a new englander rather than a southern writer .
