John Hall Wheelock ✓

About John Hall Wheelock

John Hall Wheelock was an American poet. A descendant of Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College, his parents were William Efner Wheelock and Emily Charlotte Hall, John Hall Wheelock was born in Far Rockaway, New York, and brought up in the neighborhood now occupied by Rockefeller Center. He summered in a family home on Long Island's South Fork, which provided inspiration for much of his work.