Maria Briscoe Croker
BornMaria Briscoe
(1875-04-24)April 24, 1875
Charlotte Hall, Maryland
DiedMay 6, 1962(1962-05-06) (aged 87)
Baltimore, Maryland
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMaryland State Normal School, now Towson University
Notable worksOn Catoctin
Notable awardsMaryland poet laureate, 1959
SpouseJohn Briscoe

Maria Briscoe Croker (April 24, 1875 – May 6, 1962) was an American poet and Maryland's first Poet laureate.[1] Croker was born at Charlotte Hall, Maryland in St. Mary's County. She attended St. Mary's Seminary (now St. Mary's College of Maryland), then Maryland State Normal School (now Towson University). Maryland Governor J. Millard Tawes appointed Croker Poet laureate in 1959.[1] In 1895 she married Edward Joseph Croker at Charlotte Hall Academy where her father Edward Briscoe taught literature.[1] One of Mrs. Croker's ancestors, John Briscoe, came to Maryland with the settlers on the Ark and the Dove.[1] She has published three volumes of poetry and her poems are in roughly 50 anthologies.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mrs. Croker, 87, State Poet, Dies". The Sun. May 7, 1962. ProQuest 542434252.
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