Joaquin Miller | |
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![]() Miller circa 1870-1880 | |
Born | Cincinnatus Hiner Miller September 8, 1837 Union County, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | February 17, 1913 Oakland, California, U.S. | (aged 75)
Resting place | Joaquin Miller Park |
Occupation | Poet, author, frontiersman |
Spouse | Minnie Myrtle Miller (m. 1861; div. 1870), Abigail Leland (m. 1879; death 1913) |
Children | 4 or 5 |
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Cincinnatus Heine Miller[1] (/ˌsɪnsɪˈneɪtəs ˈhaɪnə/; September 8, 1837 – February 17, 1913), better known by his pen name Joaquin Miller (/hwɑːˈkiːn/), was an American poet, author, and frontiersman. He is nicknamed the "Poet of the Sierras" after the Sierra Nevada, about which he wrote in his Songs of the Sierras (1871).