Robert Frost

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  • Birthdate

    Birthdate

    Robert Frost was born on March 26th, 1874 in San Francisco, California, and his parents were Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost Jr.
  • Jeanie Frost

    Jeanie Frost

    Robert’s sister Jeanie Frost was born in San Francisco to the same parents on June 25th, 1876.
  • Death of his dad

    Death of his dad

    Robert’s dad dies of tuberculosis when Robert was 11 years old.
  • First Poem

    First Poem

    His first poem was “My Butterfly. An Elegy”
  • Wife

    Wife

    Robert Frost marries Elinor White in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Elinor denied him the first time he proposed to her because she wanted to finish her schooling.
  • First Kid

    First Kid

    Robert and his wife have their first child and they decided to name him Elliot.
  • College

    College

    Robert Frost enrolls in Harvard as a special student, but had to leave after two years due to personal hair.
  • Final child

    Final child

    Robert and Elinor Frost had their final child named Elinor Bettina. She was born in Derry, New Hampshire, sadly passed away three days after birth.
  • Moving to England

    Moving to England

    Robert and his family moved to England because they struggled in New Hampshire
  • First Poem book

    First Poem book

    Robert Frost Released his first poetry book “A Boy's Will” in England.
  • First Pulitzer Prize

    First Pulitzer Prize

    Frost won First Pulitzer prize for his book “New Hampshire”.
  • Death of wife

    Death of wife

    Robert Frost wife Elinor Miriam of 42 years passed away. She was 65 and died from a heart attack.
  • Fourth Pulitzer Prize

    Fourth Pulitzer Prize

    Frost wins his 4th Pulitzer Prize for "A Witness Tree."
  • President Kennedy

    President Kennedy

    Frost read his poem Dedication January 20, 1961 at President Kennedy's Inauguration.
  • Death

    Death

    Robert Frost died on January 29, 1963 at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston from a blood clot in his lungs. Robert had been recovering from prostate surgery for over a month.