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Frederic Rowland Marvin
1847–1918
A wide-ranging American writer and clergyman, he moved easily between sermons, essays, poetry, translations, and literary curiosities. He is especially remembered for gathering memorable final utterances in The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women.
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The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women
by Frederic Rowland Marvin
The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women
by Frederic Rowland Marvin
About the author
Born in 1847, Frederic Rowland Marvin was an American cleric and author whose work covered an unusually broad range. Surviving bibliographic records connect him with poetry, translations, essays, literary reflections, and religious writing, showing a writer who was just as interested in books and culture as in moral and spiritual questions.
His published works include Dream Music (1870), The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women (1901), Flowers of Song From Many Lands (1902), The Companionship of Books and Other Papers (1905), Poems and Translations (1907), The Excursions of a Book-Lover (1910), Love and Letters (1911), A Free Lance (1912), and Fireside Papers (1915). One of his best-known pieces, Christ Among the Cattle, reflects a compassionate, reform-minded side of his religious thought.
Marvin died in 1918. Today he is remembered less as the author of a single classic than as a lively man of letters whose books invite readers into a world of reading, reflection, quotation, and humane curiosity.