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The birth of Robert Frost
Robert was born in San Francisco, California. Robert's father was William Frost and his mother was Isabelle Moody. Robert's full name was Robert Lee Frost. -
Sister
Two years after Robert was born his mother gave birth to Jeanie in the summer of 1876. Later on in life Robert had to commit his sister to a mental hospital. Jeanie died on September 7, 1929. -
William Frost
11 years after Robert was born William Frost died. William was a journalist and a ardent Democrat. William died from tuberculosis. -
Graduation
In 1892 Frost graduated from high school. After graduation Robert attended Dartmouth college for several months. After Dartmouth Robert had many jobs over the next ten years. -
Published
In 1894 New York Independent published Frost's poem 'My Butterfly' in the New York newspaper, The Independent. Frost continued to write and publish his poems in magazines and then have them printed privately. Robert was a teacher throughout this time. -
Wedding Bells
In 1895 Robert married Elinor Miriam. Elinor became a huge inspiration for Robert's poetry. The couple had six children. -
Moving Time
Elinor and Robert decided to move to England in 1912 with their four youngest children. While in England Frost met many British poets and was majorly influenced by them. Frost published his first collection of poems also while in England. -
Pick up and Move
Robert and Elinor decided to move from England back to the United States in 1915. By then Frost's reputation had been established. Robert had already published two full-lengh collections of poems. One of them was 'A Boys Will' and the other was 'North of Boston'. -
Farming and Colleges
In 1920 Robert purchased a farm in South Shaftsbury, Vermont. The farm was near Middlebury College. At the college Frost confounded the Bread Loaf school and Conference of England. The Bread Loaf was a writers conference. -
Death
1938 was a very sad time for poet Robert Frost. In 1938 Frost lost his wife Elinor, as well as four of his children. Two of Frost's daughters suffered mental breakdowns and his son Carol commited suicide. Frost started to suffer from depression after the deaths. -
New Lady
After the death of wife Elinor, Frost became attracted to Kay Morrison. Morrison got hired by Frost to be his secretary and advisor. Frost then composed one of his finest love poems for her, 'A Witness Tree'. -
Honors, rewards, and tributes
During his life Robert Frost got awarded many awards and was deeply honored. Some of the tributes that Frost recieved were one from the US Senate in 1950. In 1953 the American Academy of Poets gave him a tribute as did the New York University in 1956. Frost got three more tributes from Huntington Hartford Foundation in 1958, the Congressional Gold Medal in 1962, and the MacDowell Medal in 1962. -
Travelling
In 1957 Frost travelled to England with future biographer Lawrance Thompson. In 1961 Frost went to Israel and Greece. He also participated in President John Kennedy's inauguration by reciting two poems. -
Member
In 1962 Frost travelled to the Soviet Union as a member of the goodwill group. While there Frost had a long discussion with Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Frost described Nikita as smart, big, and "not a coward". Frost also said that Khrushchev said that the United States was "too liberal to fight", causing a considerable stir in Washington. -
Last Day
On January 29, 1963 the world lost a very loved poet. Robert Frost died in Boston from a blood clot in his lungs. He was 88 years old when he died. Biographers quote that Frost "travelled more than many other poets to give lectures but in the end was still terrified of public speaking".
