Nathaniel parker willis biography of barack obama

​WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER (1806–1867), American author, was descended from George Willis, described as a “Puritan of considerable distinction,” who arrived in New England about 1630 and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Nathaniel Parker was the eldest son and second child of Nathaniel Willis, a newspaper proprietor in Boston, and was born in Portland, Maine, on the 20th of January 1806.

Nathaniel parker willis biography of barack obama

After attending Boston grammar school and the academy at Andover, he entered Yale College in October 1823. Although he did not specially distinguish himself as a student, university life had considerable influence in the development of his character, and furnished him with much of his literary material.

Immediately after leaving Yale he published in 1827 a volume of poetical Sketches, which attracted some attention, although the critics found in his verses more to blame than to praise. It was followed by FugitivePoetry (1829) a