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CARL, an American writer and poet, born in Galesburg, Ill., in 1878. He studied at Lombard College from 1898 to 1902. From 1910 to 1912 he acted as secretary to the mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., and from the latter date was engaged in newspaper and editorial work. In 1914 he was awarded the prize given by the Poetry Magazine. During the Spanish-American War he served as a private. His volumes of poetry include "Chicago Poems" (1915); and "Corn Huskers" (1918). He is regarded as one of the most talented of the younger school of American poets.