Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854), American novelist, playwright, and physician
In 1828, Bird's play Pelopidas won a $1000 prize offered by the actor Edwin Forrest, but was never produced.
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He attained a measure of commercial success with adaptations of novels in English, including novels by James Fenimore Cooper (The Deerslayer and two collections of adapted "Leatherstocking Tales"), Robert Montgomery Bird (Nick of the Woods), and Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe).