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Charles Romeyn Dake

Charles Romeyn Dake (December 22, 1849 – April 23, 1899) was a 19th-century American homeopathic physician and writer. As an author, his name is sometimes spelled Charles Romyn Dake.

Dake's father and uncle were also homeopaths. He graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and he practiced medicine in Belleville, Illinois. He served as the editor of a homeopathic journal. Dake published the novel, ''A Strange Discovery'', a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket''.

In 1899, Dake was diagnosed as suffering from lung cancer. In reaction, he committed suicide by shooting himself. Provided by Wikipedia