Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key (born August 1, 1779 in Carroll County , Maryland , † January 11, 1843 in Baltimore , Maryland) was an American lawyer and occasional poet .
Life
During the War of 1812 , Key witnessed the British bombing of Fort McHenry in Baltimore. He had been taken aboard a British warship to the release to obtain a friend, where you put a burden, British deserters shelter to have given. The English high command agreed to release both of them, but for safety reasons they were left on board overnight while the fleet attacked the fort. When he saw the flag of the United States still waving over the fortress at dawn , it inspired him to write The Defense of Fort McHenry , in which he celebrated the resistance and victory of his compatriots.
Later, a popular piece of music ( To Anacreon in Heaven by the English composer John Stafford Smith ) was placed underneath and made the American national anthem in 1931 under the name The Star-Spangled Banner .
In honor of Francis Scott Keys, a bridge in Baltimore and a bridge in Washington, DC were named after him; the United States Navy named a nuclear submarine after him, the USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) .
As a lawyer, Francis Scott Key is said to have campaigned for the upholding of slavery law. For this reason, a statue of his person was torn down in San Francisco Park on June 20, 2020 as part of the BLM protests .
Key served from 1833 to 1841 as a federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia . He was a great-great-uncle of the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald . He died at the age of 63 years at a pleurisy .
Web links
- Francis Scott Key in the nndb (English)
- Francis Scott Key at The Political Graveyard
- http://www.usflag.org/history/francisscottkey.html
Individual evidence
- ^ Protesters overturn the Francis Scott Key statue in San Francisco Park. In: kulturpoebel.de. June 21, 2020, accessed on June 27, 2020 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Key, Francis Scott |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and amateur poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1779 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carroll County , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1843 |
| Place of death | Baltimore , Maryland |