Lorimer Stoddard

Born in the 1860s and dying in 1901, Lorimer Stoddard is remembered as the son of writers Richard Henry Stoddard and Elizabeth Drew Stoddard. Although he never became as widely known as his parents, surviving records show that he wrote poetry and remained part of a household deeply connected to American literary life.

His work is best known through A Few Verses, a slim volume published in 1902 after his death. That posthumous collection suggests a writer whose career was cut short, leaving only a brief but personal record in print.

For listeners interested in forgotten literary figures, Stoddard is appealing not because of fame, but because of atmosphere: he stands at the edge of a rich nineteenth-century literary circle, with just enough surviving work to hint at a voice of his own.