1809 in Poetry - Births

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

• January 19 – Edgar Allan Poe (died 1849), American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic, American
• February 7 – Frederik Paludan-Muller (died 1876), Danish
• March 31 – Edward Fitzgerald (died 1883), English writer and poet best known for his English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
• April 10 – Henry Derozio (died 1831), one of the first Indian, English-language poets (Indian poetry in English)
• June 19 – Monckton Milnes (died 1885), English poet and politician.
• August 6 – Alfred Lord Tennyson (died 1892), Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
• August 29 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (died 1894), American poet, essayist and physician
• October 18 – Thomas Holley Chivers (died 1858), American American doctor-turned-poet best known for his friendship with Edgar Allan Poe and his controversial defense of the poet after his death
• November 27 – Fanny Kemble (died 1893), American and English actress, author and poet
• Also:
  • John Barr (died 1889), Scottish-New Zealander
  • David Bates (died 1870), American
  • Margaret Gatty (died 1873), English writer of children's literature, poet and editor
  • Kasiprasad Ghose (Indian)