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Father
His father, William, came from Maine and New Hampshire ancestry and had graduated from Harvard in 1872. -
Birthday
Born: March 26, 1874
San Francisco, California -
Change
When Frost's father died in 1884, his will requested that he be buried in New England. His wife and two children, Robert and Jeanie, went east for the funeral. Lacking funds to return to California, they settled in Salem, Massachusetts. -
High school
graduated from Lawrence High School as valedictorian and class poet in 1892. -
Engaged
Became engaged to Elinor White -
First sale
In 1894 he sold his first poem, "My Butterfly," to the New York Independent. -
Teacher
In 1895, Frost married Elinor and began a career of teaching. -
Chickens?
In 1898,Frost decided to try chicken farming. -
Turn of the century.
Turn of the century -
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His first son soon died in Derry New Hampshire in 1906 -
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In 1907 Frost's fourth daughter died. -
Take a chance.
In 1912, almost forty and with only a few poems published, Frost sold his farm and used an allowance from his grandfather to go to England and gamble everything on poetry. -
A boys will
In 1913, Frostpublished 'A Boys Will' -
North of Boston
Published 'North of Boston' in 1914 -
Welcome home
The Frosts returned to the United States in 1915 -
Teaching
From 1917-1920, Frost taught at Amherst. -
Cofounder
In 1920 he cofounded the Bread Loaf School of English of Middlebury College, serving there each summer as lecturer and consultant. -
Selected poems
Frost's 'Selected Poems' and a new volume, 'New Hampshire,' appeared in 1923. -
Pulitzer Prizes
Frost received the first of four Pulitzer Prizes for 'New Hampshire' in 1924. -
WestRunning Brook
In 1928 Frost published 'West Running Brook.' -
More loss
In 1934 he suffered another painful loss with the death of his daughter Marjorie. -
Going south
Because of Frost's weak lungs, his doctor ordered him south in 1936. From then on, Frost spent his winters in Florida. -
WW2
Germany invades Poland ans WW2 begins -
Last son
In 1940 his only surviving son took his own life. -
U.S.involvement
The US became an official combatant in WW2 on December 8, 1941 -
A Masque of Reason
In 1945 Frost composed 'A Masque of Reason.' -
WW2 ends
WW2 officially ended on september 2, 1945 -
Complete Poems
Frost's Complete Poems appeared in 1949 -
75
In 1950 the U.S. Senate honored Frost on his seventy-fifth birthday. -
More education?!?!
In 1957 he returned to England to receive doctoral degrees from Oxford and Cambridge. -
Inauguration
In 1961, at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), Frost recited "The Gift Outright," the first time a poet had honored a presidential inauguration. -
Died
On January 29, 1963, Frost died in Boston, Massachusetts, of complications following an operation. He was buried in the family plot in Old Bennington, Vermont.
