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Helen Gray Cone
1859–1934
A New York poet and longtime Hunter College professor, she wrote graceful, learned verse while helping shape generations of students. Her work often blends literary polish with a lively interest in history, legend, and public life.
5 Audiobooks
The coat without a seam, and other poems
by Helen Gray Cone
A chant of love for England, and other poems
by Helen Gray Cone
The ride to the lady, and other poems
by Helen Gray Cone
Soldiers of the light
by Helen Gray Cone
Oberon and Puck : Verses grave and gay
by Helen Gray Cone
About the author
Born in New York City on March 8, 1859, Helen Gray Cone studied at the Normal College of the City of New York, later known as Hunter College. She went on to spend her entire professional career there, becoming a professor of English literature and a respected presence in the college's intellectual life.
Cone published poetry throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, earning notice for work that drew on myth, history, and literary tradition. Alongside her writing, she was deeply committed to teaching, and her long connection with Hunter College became one of the defining threads of her life.
She died on January 31, 1934. Remembered as both a poet and an educator, she stands out as a figure who joined serious literary ambition with a sustained devotion to students and the study of literature.