change of occupation. He died on January 23, 1854, of effusion of the brain. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. Notes References Looby, Christopher. "Introduction" to Sheppard Lee: Written By Himself by Robert Montgomery Bird. New York: The New York Review of Books, 2008. External links Works by Robert Montgomery Bird at Google Books Works by Robert Montgomery Bird at Munseys Robert Montgomery Bird Papers, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Daniel Traister. "Robert Montgomery Bird: Writer and Artist", an exhibition at the Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania, Feb-2003. "Robert Montgomery Bird", short biography, Encyclopædia Britannica Online "Robert Montgomery Bird", short biography, UXL Newsmakers, 2005. Clement Edgar Foust. The Life and Dramatic Works of Robert Montgomery Bird. New York, Knickerbocker Press. 1919. 1806 births 1854 deaths 19th-century American dramatists and playwrights 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American novelists 19th-century American physicians American male novelists Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia) Germantown Academy alumni Novelists from Pennsylvania People from New Castle, Delaware University of Pennsylvania alumni Writers from Delaware