Robert W. Service
CanadaEarly 20th centuryEnglish
Robert William Service was an English-born Canadian poet known as 'The Bard of the Yukon'. He gained fame for his poems about the Klondike Gold Rush, despite having no personal experience in mining. His works, including 'The Cremation of Sam McGee', were immensely popular, though often dismissed by critics as doggerel.
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