Robert Frost
1874-1963
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Robert Frost was a celebrated American poet known for his depictions of rural New England life with themes of nature, isolation, and the human condition.
Born in 1874 in San Francisco, he moved to Massachusetts in his youth after his father's death and began to write poetry. He attended Dartmouth College, but left after just two months to pursue poetry. He later attended Harvard, again leaving before completing a degree. He worked a variety of jobs including as a teacher, cobbler and farmer, all while writing poetry.
It wasn't until after he moved to England in 1912 and published his first book, "A Boy's Will", that he gained recognition for his poetry. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1915, he settled in New Hampshire and became a successful and influential poet. Over the following decades he taught at Amherst, Middlebury and the University of Michigan and received four Pulitzer Prizes. A highlight of his career was reciting The Gift Outright at President Kennedy's inauguration in 1961.
During the 1920s, Frost and his family lived in a home in nearby Shaftsbury which is now the Robert Frost Stone House Museum. It was during those years that he hit his prime as a poet.
His grave, here in this cemetery, is one of the most visited in the country.
