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Sidney Clopton Lanier was born on February 3, 1842, in Macon, Georgia, and developed an early love of music and the arts. Later on, he attended Oglethorpe University, which was then in nearby Milledgeville. It was here that he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, which was founded at the University of Alabama, and graduated first in his class. His studies came … [Read more...] about Literary South: Sidney Lanier