Nathaniel Burbank

Nathaniel Burbank

Nathaniel C. "Nat" Burbank (April 14, 1838 – January 10, 1901) was an American humorist, drama critic, and newspaper editor who for over 20 years was managing editor of the New Orleans Picayune. Born in Parsonsfield, Maine, at age fourteen he became a printer's apprentice in Dover, New Hampshire. After three years he moved to Boston to continue as a printer. During the Civil War he served in Massachusetts and Louisiana, later under General Winfield S. Hancock, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. Burbank resigned at the end of the war and joined the staff of the New Orleans Republican, where he first became known for humorous writing that was quoted in newspapers throughout the country. In 1878 he joined the editorial staff of the Picayune, and on November 9, 1882, married Ella Burbank, daughter of a wealthy Louisiana planter.[1] He died of acute heart disease in New Orleans in 1901.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "An Editor Married". The New York Times. 10 November 1882.
  2. ↑ "Death of Maj. Nat. C. Burbank". The Pascagoula Democrat-Star. 18 January 1901. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "Nathaniel Burbank, Managing Editor of the New Orleans Picayune". Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. 67. 1 December 1888. pp. 249–250.
  4. ↑ "Burbank, Nathaniel, journalist". Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. Louisiana Historical Association. Retrieved 11 October 2016.


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