Background
Duyckinck, Evert Augustus was born on November 23, 1816 in New York City. Son of Evert D. and Harriet June Duyckinck.
Duyckinck, Evert Augustus was born on November 23, 1816 in New York City. Son of Evert D. and Harriet June Duyckinck.
Graduate Columbia, 1835. Read law with John Anthon.
Admitted to New York bar, 1837. Made trip to Europe, 1838-1839. Company-editor Arcturus, A Journal of Books and Opinion, 1840-1842.
Editor Literary World, 1847.
Owner, publisher (with brother George) of a journal, 1848-1853. Editor Cyclopaedia of America Literature, 1855.
Edited some of Thackeray’s 1st American editions. Correspondent secretary New York History Society.
Trustee Columbia College, New York Society Library.
Contributor to National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans. Lives and Portraits of the Presidents of the United States. Wrote memorials of John Allen, 1864, Frances L. Hawks, 1871, Fitz-greene Walleck, 1877.
Married Margaret Wolfe Panton, April.