John Allan Wyeth

John Allan Wyeth (poet) John Allan Wyeth (May 26, 1845 – May 22, 1922) was an American Confederate veteran and surgeon. Born and raised on a Southern plantation in Alabama, he served in the Confederate States Army and completed his medical studies in New York City and Europe. He became a surgeon in New York City, where he founded the New York Polyclinic Graduate Medical School and Hospital, a medical school. He served as the president of the American Medical Association in 1902. He was the author of a biography of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was a proponent of the annexation of Mexico by the United States. Quotes My kingdom is my sweetheart’s face,And these the boundaries I trace:Northward her forehead fair;Beyond, a wilderness of auburn hair;A rosy cheek to east and west;    Her little mouth    The sunny south.It is the south that I love best.Her eyes, two crystal lakes,    Rippling with light,Caught from the sun by day,    The stars by night.    The dimples in    Her cheeks and chinAre snares which Love hath set,And I have fallen in! "My Sweetheart’s Face" in Harper's Magazine (June 1892) External links Category:1845 births Category:1922 deaths Category:Confederates Category:Surgeons Category:Biographers from the United States Category:People from Alabama