Elizabeth Akers Allen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elizabeth Akers Allen

American author, journalist, poet

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1832

Place of Birth: Strong, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 07-Aug-1911

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Elizabeth Akers Allen (pen name, Florence Percy; October 9, 1832 – August 7, 1911), was an American poet and journalist. Her early poems appeared over the signature of "Florence Percy", and many of them were first published in the Portland Transcript.
She came to Portland, Maine in 1855, and a volume of her fugitive poems appeared in that city just before her marriage to Paul Akers, the sculptor, whom she accompanied to Italy, and buried there.
For several years, she was on the editorial staff of the Portland Advertiser.
She wrote for most of the leading magazines, and several editions of her collected poems were published.
She later resided in Ridgewood, New Jersey for several years.