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Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was born on the 19th of January 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, into a family of actors that seemed destined for tragedy before it had truly…
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville was born on the 1st of August 1819, the third child of Allan Melvill and Maria Gansevoort, into a family that would soon crumble from the…
John KeatsJohn Keats was born in Moorgate, London, on the 31st of October 1795, into a world that would eventually crown him a master of English verse, yet his origins…
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley was born on the 4th of August 1792 at Field Place in Warnham, Sussex, into a life of quiet privilege that would soon fracture under the…
Dante AlighieriDante Alighieri was born in Florence around the 11th of May 1265, a date deduced from the astronomical clues hidden within his own masterpiece.
VirgilPublius Vergilius Maro was born on the 15th of October 70 BC in the village of Andes, near Mantua, a region that would later be absorbed into the Roman…