Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- February 27 – Edward Rowland Sill, American
- October 12 – Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, born Dinah Maria Mulock, also referred to as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik (born 1826), English novelist and poet
- November 19 – Emma Lazarus (born 1849), American poet who wrote the sonnet "The New Colossus", associated with the Statue of Liberty, where it is engraved on a plaque
- December 24 – Leonard Bacon (born 1802), American Congregationalist preacher, writer and hymnist
- date not known – Isabella Valancy Crawford (born 1850), Canadian, from heart failure
Read more about this topic: 1887 In Poetry
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