• Robert Francis (August 12, 1901 – July 13, 1987) was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. His 1953 poem, “The Pitcher”...
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  • singer/songwriter and producer Robert Francis (poet) (1901–1987), American poet Robert Francis (actor) (1930–1955), American actor Robert Francis (writer) (1909–1946)...
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    Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 64th...
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    Poets' Corner is a section of the southern transept of Westminster Abbey in London, where many poets, playwrights, and writers are buried or commemorated...
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    Henry Francis Lyte (1 June 1793 – 20 November 1847) was a Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet. Henry Francis Lyte was the second son of Thomas...
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    Francis Edward Ledwidge (19 August 1887 – 31 July 1917) was a 20th-century Irish poet. From Slane, County Meath, and sometimes known as the "poet of the...
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    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...
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    Robert William Service (16 January 1874 – 11 September 1958) was a Scottish-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon". Born in Lancashire...
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  • Francis William Bourdillon (22 March 1852 at Runcorn, Cheshire, England – 13 January 1921 at Buddington, Midhurst) was a British poet and translator....
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  • Robert Rose (1806-1849), who styled himself the Bard of Colour, was a mixed-race poet from the West Indies active in early Victorian Manchester. Rose...
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    Francis Quarles (about 8 May 1592 – 8 September 1644) was an English poet most notable for his emblem book entitled Emblems. Francis Quarles was born in...
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    refer to him as "a supreme poet" and "a concealed poet", and also link him with the theatre. Lovejoy, Benjamin (1888). Francis Bacon: A Critical Review...
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  • (1844–1924), French poet, journalist and novelist Robert Francis (1901–1987), US poet Veronica Franco (1546–1591), Italian poet and courtesan G S Fraser...
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    is actively supporting this venture. African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem, "Robert Gould Shaw," includes the lines: "Since thou and those...
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    Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known...
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    Francis Turner Palgrave (/ˈpɔːlɡreɪv, ˈpæl-/; 28 September 1824 – 24 October 1897) was a British critic, anthologist and poet. He was born at Great Yarmouth...
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    Francis Joseph Thompson (16 December 1859 – 13 November 1907) was an English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered...
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  • Robert Sempill, the younger (c. 1595 – c. 1663), Scottish poet, son of James Sempill, was educated at the University of Glasgow, having matriculated in...
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  • The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia or published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there. Contents A B C D E F...
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    Administration (ESA) Amy Lowell (1874–1925), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817), founder of the Industrial Revolution in the...
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    Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the...
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  • Kabbigara Kava (Poets' Defender) c. 1217–1263 – Strengleikar, Old Norse translation of the Lais of Marie de France, perhaps (partly) by Brother Robert 1220 – Ibn...
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  • Robert Thompson Anderson (August 2, 1880 – April 3, 1960) was a Canadian poet. He was born in Rapid City, Manitoba; spent his late teens and twenties...
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    di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the religious order...
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    only did Francis support a number of major writers of the period, but he was also a poet himself, if not one of particular ability. Francis worked diligently...
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  • Robert Parry (1540–1612) was a Welsh poet, romancier and translator who published the romance Moderatus and a collection of verse entitled Sinetes Passions...
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  • Francis Sempill (c. 1616 – March 1682) was a Scottish poet, the son of Robert Sempill the younger. No details of his education are known. His fidelity...
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  • John Francis Waller (21 July 1809 – 19 January 1894) was an Irish poet, librettist and editor. The son of Thomas Maunsell Waller, of an Irish baronetical...
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  • their son Robert Anthony De Niro was born in August 1943 after De Niro Sr. came out as gay. In 1944, De Niro had a relationship with the poet Robert Duncan...
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    Frances Cornford (1886–1960) Poet, daughter of Francis Darwin, see above, known to the family as 'FCC'; she was married to Francis Cornford, known to the family...
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