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Mar 16, 2017 · Searching in the mid-1930s for new “vital places” to restore his equanimity, Robert Lee Frost found one in Concord Corners, Vermont. Frost made an exception with Untermeyer, writing him about Elinor Miriam White's cancer as well as the doctors’ fear that she might die of a heart attack during the operation.
Personal: Married Elinor Miriam White in 1895; had six children, four of whom predeceased him “Dartmouth is my chief college, the first one I ran away from. I ran from Harvard later, but Dartmouth first.” “The best educated person is one who has been matured at just the proper rate. Seasoned but not kiln dried.”
Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874. His father, William, came from Maine and New Hampshire ancestry and had graduated from Harvard in 1872. He left New England and went to Lewistown, Pennsylvania, to teach. He married another teacher, Isabelle Moodie, a Scotswoman, and they moved to San Francisco, where ...
Robert Frost was an American poet who lived from March of 1874 to January of 1963. He was married to Elinor Miriam White Frost from 1895 to 1938.
Frost graduated from Lawrence High School, in 1892, as class poet (he also shared the honor of co-valedictorian with his wife-to-be Elinor White), and two years later, the New York Independent accepted his poem entitled “My Butterfly,” launching his status as a professional poet with a check for $15.00.
Robert Frost's wife, Elinor Miriam White, died from complications following a heart surgery in 1938. She had suffered from illness for many years leading up to her untimely death at the age of 48.
Apr 20, 2024 · Elinor Miriam White was an important figure in Robert Frost’s life and had a deep influence on his work. She was a childhood friend of Frost’s who he fell in love with and eventually married in 1895. Despite their relatively happy relationship, there were difficulties, primarily due to Elinor’s struggle with depression.
