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Robert Frost

American poet (1874–1963)

This article is about the poet. For other people with the same name, see Robert Frost (disambiguation).

Robert Frost
Frost in 1949
Born	(1874-03-26)March 26, 1874 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	January 29, 1963(1963-01-29) (aged 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, playwright
Education	Dartmouth College (no degree) Harvard University (no degree)
Notable works	A Boy's Will, North of Boston, New Hampshire^[1]
Notable awards
Spouse	Elinor Miriam White (m. 1895; died 1938)
Children	6

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech,^[2] Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.^[3]

Frequently honored during his lifetime, Frost is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution".^[4] Frost was awarded the Cong

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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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Robert Frost (1874-1963). Poet. Born in San Francisco, Robert Frost lived the majority of his life in New England. After his father’s death in 1885, Frost moved with his mother and sister to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where in 1892 he was co-valedictorian of Lawrence High School. Frost shared the title with Elinor Miriam White, whom he married in 1895. They had six children: Eliot (1896-1904, died of cholera), Lesley Frost Ballantine (1899-1983), Carol (1902-1940, committed suicide), Irma (1903-1967, institutionalized for mental illness from 1947), Marjorie (1905-1934, died of complications from childbirth), and Elinor Bettina (1907, died three days after birth).

Frost matriculated at Dartmouth as a member of the class of 1896, but left the college before the end of his first term. He attended Harvard University from 1897-1899 but also left without completing his degree.

In 1900 Frost moved his family to a farm near Derry, New Hampshire. While living in Derry, Frost taught at Pinkerton Academy and at Plymouth Normal School, a teachers’ college.

Frost, discouraged with farming, moved his family to England in 1912. In England, Frost met writers including E

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