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Robert Lee Frost is born
Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874. He is the first born and later is big brother to Jeanie. -
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A timeline of Robert Frost, A Great American Poet
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family moves to MA.
At age 11, after Robbie's father dies of Tuberculosis, his mother, him and his sister Jeanie are moved to Lawrence, MA to live with his paternal grandparents. -
first poem published
Robert Frost's poem "My Butterfly, An Elegy." is published in the New York Independent Magazine. He states that this is his first true poem. He receives $15.00 as payment for the right to publish it. -
Moves to England
Moves family to England and while there has two big works published. -
wins Pulitzer Prize
Robert Frost wins the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book "New Hampshire; a poem with notes and grace notes." It is one of the highest honors an author can achieve. -
awarded Gold Medal for Poetry
Robert was awarded the Gold Medal for Poetry by the National Insitute of Arts and Letters. He also receives apointment as Ralph Waldo Emerson Fellow in Poetry at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA -
Receives Honorary Doctor of Letters
Robert receives Honorary Doctor of Letters from Oxford and Cambridge Universities. -
Invited to President JFK's inauguration
Robert Frost was honored to read his poem, "The Gift Outright" at the inauguration of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. -
Robert Frost dies at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA
Mr. Robert Frost had surgery due to cancer. During his recovery he suffered a pulmonary embolism and died in his sleep.
