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William L. (William Linn) Keese
1835–1904
A Brooklyn-born man of letters with a strong feel for literary history, he wrote poetry, biography, and theater sketches in the late 19th century. His books move easily between affectionate remembrance and lively portraits of performers and writers.
1 Audiobook
William E. Burton: Actor, Author, and Manager A Sketch of his Career with Recollections of his Performances
by William L. (William Linn) Keese
About the author
William Linn Keese was an American writer and journalist born in New York City on February 25, 1835. Sources connected with Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography say he was educated in Brooklyn and New York and first received a mercantile training before turning to regular work in prose and verse for newspapers and magazines.
His surviving books show a wide range of interests. He wrote The Siamese Twins, and Other Poems, published the memoir John Keese, Wit and Littérateur about his father, and later produced theatrical and biographical works including William E. Burton: Actor, Author, and Manager and A Group of Comedians. Together, they suggest a writer especially drawn to literary lives, stage history, and the personalities behind books and performance.
Keese died in 1904. I couldn't confirm a reliable portrait from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included here.