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Julia A. Moore
1847Dec, 1

Julia A. Moore

Julia A. Moore, American poet (d. 1920)
Julia Ann Moore (née Julia Ann Davis; December 1, 1847 – June 5, 1920), was an American poetaster. Like Scotland's William McGonagall, she is best known for writing notoriously bad poetry.

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