Jones Very (1813 - 1880) was an essayist, trancendentalist, tutor in Greek at Harvard, and, after he proclaimed himself the second coming of Christ, a resident at McLean’s Asylum. Born at Salem, Mass., where he became a clergyman and something of a mystic. He published one small volume, Essays and Poems, the latter chiefly in the form of the Shakespearian sonnet. Though never widely popular, he appealed by his refined, still thoughtfulness to a certain small circle of minds. This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton. 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature is a collection of biographies of writers by John W. Cousin, published around 1910. ...
JonesVery (1813 - 1880) was an essayist, trancendentalist, tutor in Greek at Harvard, and, after he proclaimed himself the second coming of Christ, a resident at McLean’s Asylum.
JonesVery was born in 1813 in Salem, Massachusetts to Captain JonesVery and his first cousin Lydia Very.
JonesVery was a precocious young man whose gifts and devotion to his studies enabled him to enter Harvard in 1833 despite his poverty.
JonesVery was born in 1813 in Salem, Massachusetts.
Captain Very spent little time with his family, but when the younger Very was nine years old, the sea captain did take his son on a voyage to Kronborg Castle, on which Shakespeare modeled the castle of Elsinore in The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
Despite his poverty JonesVery was a good student and was accepted to Harvard, from which he graduated second in his class.
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