BOKER, GEORGE HENRY

(18231890), an American dramatist and poet. Graduated from Princeton University in 1842. Was admitted to bar. Appointed American Minister to Turkey in 1871 and to Ru ia in 1875. Among his many plays are Calaynos, 1848; Ann Boleyn, 1850; Francesco da Rimini; The Bethrothed, and All the World’s a Mask. His poems include Konigsmark and Other Poems, 1869; The Book of the Dead, 1882 and Sonnets, 1886.