Florence Van Leer Earle Nicholson Coates

Florence Van Leer Earle Nicholson Coates (born July 1, 1850, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died April 6, 1927, Philadelphia) was an American poet whose carefully crafted, contemplative verse gained the respect of many of the leading literary figures of her day. She was educated in New England and in Paris. Subsequently she studied music in Brussels. In 1872 she married William Nicholson, who died five years later, and in 1879 she married Edward H. Coates, a Philadelphia...