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Popular As | William Gilmore Simms |
Occupation | Novelist |
Age | years old |
Zodiac Sign | Aries |
Born | April 17, 1806 (Charleston, SC) |
Birthday | April 17 |
Town/City | Charleston, SC |
Nationality | SC |
William Gilmore Simms’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
William Gilmore Simms was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
A nineteenth-century American poet, novelist, and historian, he published such works as The Yemassee, Vasconselos, and The Cassique of Kiawah. He also published a series of novels set in Revolutionary War-era South Carolina; the most popular of these was the 1835 work, The Partisan.
He worked as a clerk in a drug store before beginning his law studies at the age of eighteen.
He is remembered for his strong support of slavery and for his vehement opposition to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He married Anna Malcolm Giles in 1826.
Edgar Allan Poe once praised Simms' work.