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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
  • Born: December 29, 1814
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Clergyman

Edwin Hubbell Chapin was an American preacher and editor of the Christian Leader. He was also a poet, responsible for the poem Burial at Sea, which was the origin of a famous folk song, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.