1859 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 24 – Susie Frances Riley, Canadian
• February 25 – James Kenneth Stephen (died 1892), English poet and tutor to Prince Albert, son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
• March 26 – A. E. Housman (died 1936), English classical scholar and poet
• July 17 – Ernest Rhys (died 1946), English writer, essayist, poet, novelist, playwright and short-story writer best known as founding editor of Everyman's Library series of affordable classics
• August 12 – Katharine Lee Bates (died 1929), American poet best known as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful"; her poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride (1889) popularized "Mrs. Santa Claus"
• November 4 – Perceval Gibbon (died 1926), South African poet, short-story writer, author and journalist
• December 16 – Francis Thompson (died 1907) English poet

• Also:
  • William Herbert Carruth, American
  • Kattakkayathil Cherian Mappila (died 1936), Indian, Malayalam-language poet
  • Narasinghrao, (died 1937), Indian, Gujarati-language poet and writer
  • Kostis Palamas (died 1943), Greek