Alexander Beaufort Meek

Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (Columbia, South Carolina) - November 30, 1865 (Columbus, Mississippi)) was an American politician, lawyer, chess player, writer and poet. He served as Alabama's Attorney General in 1836.

Works

*"Americanism in literature. An oration before the Phi Kappa and Demosthenian societies of the University of Georgia, at Athens, August 8, 1844", Charleston, Burges and James, printers, 1844, 39 p.
*"A digest of the laws of the state of Alabama", with John Gaston Aikin, 2nd edition. Tuscaloosa, Ala., D. Woodruff, 1836, 664p.
*"The Red Eagle. A poem of the South", New York, D. Appleton & company, 1855, 108 p.
**Montgomery, Ala., The Paragon press, 1914
*"Romantic passages in southwestern history; including orations, sketches and essays", New York, Mobile, S.H. Goetzel & co., 1857, 330p.
**Spartanburg, S.C. : Reprint Co., 1975
*"Songs and poems of the South", New York, Mobile, S. H. Goetzel & co., 1857, 282 p.
*"The South west: its history, character, and prospects", Tuscalossa, C. B. Baldwin, p’r., 1840, 40 p.

References

* [http://www.archives.state.al.us/conoff/meek_ab.html Online biography by the state of Alabama]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M14MHxYhyn8 Video reenactment of Meek vs Amateur game by Serguei Vorojtsov]