J. Gordon Coogler, Date of Birth, Date of Death

J. Gordon Coogler

American writer

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1865

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1901

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

J.
Gordon Coogler (December 3, 1865 – September 9, 1901), or John Brown Gordon Coogler, was a self-taught American poet who achieved notoriety during his lifetime as a prolific producer of bad verse.
Essayist H.L.
Mencken is credited with assuring Coogler's lasting fame as a poetaster by mocking him as an example of the supposedly poor state of arts and letters in the American South.