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American poet and author of biographies

For the German writer, see Hermann Hagedorn (poet).

Hermann Hagedorn (18 July 1882 – 27 July 1964)^[1] was an American author, poet and biographer.

Life and career

Hagedorn was born in New York City and educated at The Hill School.

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He graduated from Harvard University, where he was awarded the George B. Sohier Prize for literature. He also studied at the University of Berlin, and Columbia University. From 1909 to 1911, he was an instructor in English at Harvard.^[2]

Though Hagedorn met Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, he visited Sagamore Hill in 1916 and became a friend.

In 1917 Roosevelt proposed that Hagedorn write a biography of Roosevelt, an effort which became The Boys' Life of Theodore Roosevelt, the first of many biographies that Hagedorn wrote. Drawing upon his friendship with Roosevelt, Hagedorn was able to elicit the support of Roosevelt's friends and associates' personal recollections in