Name James Legare Role Poet | Died March 30, 1859 | |
James Matthews Legaré (November 26, 1823 – March 30, 1859) was an American poet and failed inventor.
Legaré was born on November 26, 1823, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a relative of Hugh S. Legaré. He was by profession an inventor, but whose ill health prevented the commercialization of his devices. He contributed poetry to magazines, and published a single volume, Orta-Undis and other poems in 1848. Orta-undis means "sprung from water".
Legaré died on March 30, 1859, in Aiken, South Carolina.
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