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Birth
William Butler Yeats was born in County Dublin, Ireland. He had two sisters and one brother. His dad was a lawyer and well known painter. -
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Moving
Yeats family left his beloved homeland to move the the streets of London, England. However, he spent his summers in Ireland. -
First Works
Two brief lyrics and an essay, "The Poetry of Samuel Ferguson", appears in "The Dublin University Review" -
Met Maude Gonne
Yeats was smitten with Maude Gonne, and they became good friends, though Yeats asked her to marry him several times, she refused, because he lacked entuisasm in the revolutionist movement. -
Founded Rhymer's Club
The Rhymer's Club was formed in London, and realesed two anotholigies 1892 and 1894. They were later caled the "Tragic Generation." -
Abbey Theatre
Yeats co founded the Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin. (Also known as the Abbey Theatre) It opened in 1904. -
USA
Yeats traveled to America in for a lecture tour. He returned in 1914 ,1920, and 1932. -
Marrige
Yeats married a friend he met in 1911, George Hyde Lees. They had two children, one boy and one girl. -
Senate Seat
Yeats was appionted elected to the first Irish senate. He was reelected in 1925. -
Nobel Prize
Yeats is presented with the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature. -
Stienach Operation
Yeats went under a Stienach operation. He was not detered, and in 1936 took the editorship of "The Oxford Book of Modern Verses". -
Death
Yeats died in Menton, France. World War II delayed arrangements, but he was finally buried in Sligo, Ireland in 1948.
