1812 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 7 – Charles Dickens (died 1870), English novelist, writer, poet and playwright
• February 28 – Berthold Auerbach (died 1882), German-Jewish poet and novelist
• March – Iswarchandra Gupta (ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র গুপ্ত) (died 1859) Bengali poet and writer
• May 2 – Edward Lear (died 1888) English artist, illustrator and writer known for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose, especially his limericks, a form he popularised
• May 7 – Robert Browning (died 1899), English poet and playwright
• July 20 – Louisa Anne Meredith (died 1895), Australian
• Also:
  • Tachibana Akemi, 橘曙覧 (died 1868), Japanese poet and classical scholar (surname: Tachibana)