Category: English

Irish poet and dramatist, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was born in Sandycove, Dublin on 13 June 1865, the son of John Butler Yeats, barrister turned portrait painter, and Susan Pollexfen, daughter of a wealthy mills and shipping Sligo family. Yeats’ early years were spent between Dublin, London and Sligo, attending school in Dublin and London...

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