Difference between revisions of "George B. Rose"
(New page: '''George B. Rose''' was a Little Rock lawyer and author. Rose was born to Uriah M. Rose and Margaret T. (Gibbs) Rose in Batesville, Arkansas, on July 10, 1860. He moved with his fami...) |
|||
| (3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''George B. Rose''' was a Little Rock lawyer and author. | + | '''George B. Rose''' was a Little Rock lawyer with the [[Rose Law Firm]] and a local author. |
| − | Rose was born to [[Uriah M. Rose]] and Margaret T. (Gibbs) Rose in Batesville, Arkansas, on July 10, 1860. He moved with his family to Little Rock in 1865. He | + | Rose was born to [[Uriah M. Rose]] and Margaret T. (Gibbs) Rose in Batesville, Arkansas, on July 10, 1860. He moved with his family to Little Rock in 1865. |
| + | |||
| + | Rose was educated at [[St. John's College]] in Little Rock, and received his LL.D. from the University of Arkansas. He was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1879. Rose married Marion Kimball on May 2, 1882. He became fourth president of the [[Arkansas State Bar Association]]. In the late nineteenth century he was the president of the [[Consumers Light & Power Company]]. | ||
As a young man Rose wrote a fictional account of the local discovery of an "elixir of life" in the story "Dr. Ellison, A True Story of Little Rock." He also wrote "William Wilson, A True Story of Little Rock," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe. He later published the work ''Wasted Moments'' in 1891, and ''Sebastian, A Dramatic Poem'' in 1894. | As a young man Rose wrote a fictional account of the local discovery of an "elixir of life" in the story "Dr. Ellison, A True Story of Little Rock." He also wrote "William Wilson, A True Story of Little Rock," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe. He later published the work ''Wasted Moments'' in 1891, and ''Sebastian, A Dramatic Poem'' in 1894. | ||
| Line 7: | Line 9: | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| + | *James Clark Fifield, ''The American Bar'' (Minneapolis, MN: The James C. Fifield Company, 1918), 31. | ||
*Walter Malone, "George B. Rose," in ''Library of Southern Literature: Compiled Under the Direct Supervision of Southern Men of Letters'' (Martin and Hoyt Company, 1909): 4567. | *Walter Malone, "George B. Rose," in ''Library of Southern Literature: Compiled Under the Direct Supervision of Southern Men of Letters'' (Martin and Hoyt Company, 1909): 4567. | ||
| Line 12: | Line 15: | ||
[[Category:1860 births]] | [[Category:1860 births]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Authors]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Lawyers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:19, 1 January 2010
George B. Rose was a Little Rock lawyer with the Rose Law Firm and a local author.
Rose was born to Uriah M. Rose and Margaret T. (Gibbs) Rose in Batesville, Arkansas, on July 10, 1860. He moved with his family to Little Rock in 1865.
Rose was educated at St. John's College in Little Rock, and received his LL.D. from the University of Arkansas. He was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1879. Rose married Marion Kimball on May 2, 1882. He became fourth president of the Arkansas State Bar Association. In the late nineteenth century he was the president of the Consumers Light & Power Company.
As a young man Rose wrote a fictional account of the local discovery of an "elixir of life" in the story "Dr. Ellison, A True Story of Little Rock." He also wrote "William Wilson, A True Story of Little Rock," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe. He later published the work Wasted Moments in 1891, and Sebastian, A Dramatic Poem in 1894.
References
- James Clark Fifield, The American Bar (Minneapolis, MN: The James C. Fifield Company, 1918), 31.
- Walter Malone, "George B. Rose," in Library of Southern Literature: Compiled Under the Direct Supervision of Southern Men of Letters (Martin and Hoyt Company, 1909): 4567.
