Francis Scott Key
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Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which was set to a popular British tune and eventua
Key c. 1825
Mary Tayloe Lloyd, early 1800s
Maryland Historical Society plaque marking Key's birthplace
Fort McHenry looking towards the position of the British ships, with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the distance on the upper left
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, widely known as F. Scott Fitzgerald or simply Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is most notable for his novels depicting th
Francis Scott Key
…Key Howard was imprisoned in Fort McHenry with the Mayor of Baltimore George William Brown and other locals deemed to be Confederate sympathizers. F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was a distant cousin and the namesake of Key. Key's direct descendants include geneticist Thomas…
Fitzgerald in 1921
Portrait of Scott and Zelda by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1923
Passport photos of the Fitzgeralds, 1923
H. L. Mencken believed that Fitzgerald's career as a novelist was in jeopardy because of his wife's mental illness.