Adelaide Crapsey (Adelaide Crapsey)
Poet. She studied at Vassar and served as instructor of poetetics at Smith College from 1911 to 1913. She became best known as a visionary poet writing in a highly concise style, and was the inventor of the cinquain (five line) verse. (bio by: Mount Hope NY) Family links: Parents: Algernon Sidney Crapsey (1847 – 1927) Adelaide Trowbridge Crapsey (1855 – 1950) Siblings: Philip Crapsey (1876 – 1907)* Emily Margaret Crapsey (1877 – 1901)* Adelaide Crapsey (1878 – 1914) Paul Crapsey (1880 – 1961)* Algernon S Crapsey (1884 – 1955)* Ruth Crapsey (1887 – 1898)* Marie L. Crapsey (1891 – 1979)* Arthur Hunt Crapsey (1896 – 1955)* *Calculated relationship
Born
- September, 09, 1878
Died
- October, 10, 1914
Cemetery
- Mount Hope Cemetery
- USA