Richard E. S. Toomey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Richard E. S. Toomey

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1948

Profession: lawyer, poet, civil servant, soldier

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Richard E. S. Toomey

  • Richard E.
  • S.
  • Toomey (May 1862 – April 17, 1948) was a soldier, poet, civil servant, and lawyer in Washington, DC and Miami, Florida.
  • His poetry gained popularity in the early 1900s and he was called "The Soldier Poet".
  • He was well known in Washington, DC, and friends with Paul Laurence Dunbar.
  • Outside of poetry, he served in the Spanish–American War and became a popular speaker in political and social causes in DC.
  • He graduated from Howard University Law School in Washington DC in 1906.
  • In 1913, he moved to Miami, where he was Miami's first black attorney.

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