Hiram Powers Dilworth

Dilworth was born on May 19, 1878, in Hicksville, Ohio. He was named for the Vermont sculptor, Hiram Powers. His father was William Dillsworth, a successful merchant in Hicksville. He continued his musical studies in New York City and Paris. == Career ==

Dilworth started his career as a well-known classical pianist. He became a guard at the Art Institute of Chicago on October 2, 1904. He worked at the Art Institute until his retirement in 1959. His poems were published in ''Chicago's Poetry: A Magazine of Verse''. His epic patriotic poem "Harry Butters" is his most famous work; the poem was about a Dillworth's friend who died in France while fighting for the British during World War I. Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, and Jack London praised Dilworth's work. == Personal life ==

Dilworth lived at 424 West 66th Street in Chicago. He did not marry. During the 1920s, Dilworth dabbled in the stock market and became affluent, earning the nickname "the millionaire guard". That ended with the 1929 stock market crash. However, in 1954, he told the Chicago Tribune that he had recouped his fortune. Dilworth died in Chicago on November 26, 1974. ==Selected publications==

Books • Rosemary. Chicago: Hiram Powers Dilworth, 1898. • Ode on the Pure Art and the Great Achievement and the Enduring Name of Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler. Chicago: Saul Brothers/Hiram Powers Dilworth, 1928. • The Cup of Joy. Chicago: Hiram Powers Dilworth, 1937. Anthologies "Greek Slave". in The Chicago Anthology: A Collection of Verse from the Work of Chicago Poets. Charles Granger Blanden and Minna Mathison, editors. Roadside Press, 1916 pp. 121–122 – via Google Books. ==References==