- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEdgar Albert Guest
- Nickname
- The People's Poet
- Edgar A. Guest was born on August 20, 1881 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Reform Candidate (1915), Ma and the Auto (1936) and Poetic Gem: Early in the Mornin' (1935). He was married to Nellie Crossman. He died on August 5, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- SpouseNellie Crossman(June 28, 1906 - August 28, 1945) (her death)
- Biography/literary criticism in: "Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism". Volume 95, pages 204-221. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2000.
- Biography in: "The National Cyclopedia of American Biography". Volume 44, pages 246-247. New York: The James T. White Company, 1962.
- Biography in: "Dictionary of American Biography". Supplement Six, 1956-1960. Pages 258-259. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980.
- Biography in: "Current Biography, Who's News and Why, 1941". Pages 354-356. Bronx, NY: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1942.
- Biography in: "Contemporary Authors". Volume 168, pages 123-124. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 1999.
- [on bravery] Courage isn't a brilliant dash, a daring deed in a moment's flash; It isn't an instantaneous thing born of despair with a sudden spring. But it's something deep in the soul of man that is working always to serve some plan.
- Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.
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