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Jan 01, 0001 Baltimore, Maryland, United States Died on 17 Apr 1948 (aged 1947) Capricorn
Richard E. S. Toomey - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Richard E. S. Toomey
- Richard E.
- S.
- Toomey (May 1862 – April 17, 1948) was a soldier, poet, civil servant, and lawyer in Washington, DC and Miami, Florida.
- His poetry gained popularity in the early 1900s and he was called "The Soldier Poet".
- He was well known in Washington, DC, and friends with Paul Laurence Dunbar.
- Outside of poetry, he served in the Spanish–American War and became a popular speaker in political and social causes in DC.
- He graduated from Howard University Law School in Washington DC in 1906.
- In 1913, he moved to Miami, where he was Miami's first black attorney.
