Robert Charles Sands, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Charles Sands

American poet

Date of Birth: 11-May-1799

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1832

Profession: poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Robert Charles Sands (May 11, 1799 Flatbush, Kings County, New York – December 17, 1832 Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey) was an American writer and poet. He was the son of Auditor-General Comfort Sands.
He was a scholar and a writer of many literary types, but without much originality.
His best work is considered to be in his short stories.
His most well-known poem is Yamoyden which is an Indian story written in collaboration with a friend.
He is considered part of the "Knickerbocker group", a group which also included Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, James Kirke Paulding, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Joseph Rodman Drake, Lydia M.
Child, and Nathaniel Parker Willis.