Katharine Lee Bates Writer

Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American songwriter. She is remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". She popularized "Mrs. Santa Claus" through her poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride (1889).

Personal facts

Katharine Lee Bates
Birth dateAugust 12, 1859
Birth place
Falmouth Massachusetts
Date of deathMarch 28, 1929
Place of death
Wellesley Massachusetts

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Writer

notable work
America the Beautiful

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Katharine Lee Bates on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://harvardsquarelibrary.org/poets/bates.php
  2. http://web.archive.org/web/20060613061759/http:/fuzzylu.com/falmouth/bates/home.htm
  3. http://www.bsu.edu/web/01bkswartz/xmaspub.html
  4. http://www.falmouthhistoricalsociety.org/05/klbates.htm
  5. http://www.fuzzylu.com/falmouth/bates/home.htm