Freneau, Phillip Morin b. January 2, 1752 d. December 18, 1832 Poet, Journalist. The first professional American journalist, he was a powerful propagandist and satirist for the American Revolution and for Jeffersonian democracy. He incorporated the new stirrings of European Romanticism and escaped the imitativeness and vague universality of the Hartford Wits. The key to both his success and his failure was his passionately democratic spirit combined with an inflexible temper. Buried on a lot on Poet Road in Matawan, New Jersey. His grave states "poets...[Read More] (Bio by: jim parris) Philip Morin Freneau Burial Site, Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
b. January 2, 1752 d. December 18, 1832