Charles Romeyn Dake
Charles Romeyn Dake (December 22, 1849 – April 23, 1899) was a 19th-century American homeopathic physician and writer. As an author, his name is sometimes spelled Charles Romyn Dake.
Biography[edit]
Charles Dake was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to David Merit Dake and Mary Manule.[1] His father and an uncle, J. P. Dake of Nashville, Tennessee, were also homeopaths. He had two daughters and at least one grandchild, Grace Bechtold.[2]
He was an 1873 graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and he practiced in Belleville, Illinois.[3] In 1893 he became editor of the journal Homeopathic News.
Dake published two short stories and one novel, A Strange Discovery, which is a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
In early 1899 he discovered that he had lung cancer and committed suicide by shooting himself.[4][5]
Works[edit]
- Dake, Charles R. (December 1892). "The Limits of Imagination". Homœopathic News. 21 (12). St. Louis, Missouri: F. A. Luyties. (translations also published in Germany and France)
- Dake, Charles R. (May 1893). "The Death and Resurrection of Gerald Deane". Homœopathic News. 22 (5). St. Louis, Missouri: F. A. Luyties: 239–258.
- Dake, Charles Romyn (1899). A Strange Discovery. New York: H. Ingalls Kimball.
References[edit]
- ^ Maurice L. Dake. "Jabez P. Dake Family". Dake/Deake Genealogy Research. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ^ Bechtold, Grace (1946). Book Publishing. Vocational and professional monographs. Bellman publishing company. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ^ Columbia University (1912). Catalogue of officers and graduates of Columbia university from the foundation of King's college in 1754. New York: Columbia University. p. 290. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ^ F. August Luyties (May 1899). "The Late Dr. Charles R. Dake". Homœopathic News. 28 (5). St. Louis, Missouri: F. A. Luyties: 166–167. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ^ "Dr. C.R. Dake". The Semi-Weekly Advocate. Belleville, Illinois. April 28, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- F. August Luyties (May 1893). "Charles R. Dake, M.D." Homœopathic News. 22 (5). St. Louis, Missouri: F. A. Luyties: 208–209.
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