Poet Francis Ledwidge

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Francis Ledwidge

Living place: Ireland

Birthday: 19-8-1887

Global rank: #77017

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Who is Poet Francis Ledwidge?
Irish World War Poetry I was famous for with the song of Fields and the song Hoa Binh. His complete poems were published posthumously in 1919.
He died fighting in the First World War at the Battle of Passchendaele.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He dropped out of school at age thirteen and worked a number of odd jobs in the mining, farming, and construction industries.

Family life info

He was one of nine children born to Patrick Ledwidge, Sr. and Anne Lynch. When his father died in the early 1890s, five-year-old Lynch was forced to enter the workforce alongside his mother and siblings.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Francis Ledwidge?
His literary patron Lord Dunsany introduced him to William Butler Yeats.

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When was Poet Francis Ledwidge born?
Francis Ledwidge was born in 19-8-1887, death year is , at the age of 137.
Where is Poet Francis Ledwidge's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Francis Ledwidge was born in . is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Francis Ledwidge's global rank is 77017 and whose rank is 700 in list of famous Poet.
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Events in 1887 and 19-8

Birthday Francis Ledwidge (19-8) in history

  • Day 19-8 year 1812: The U.S. frigate Constitution , Old Ironsides, defeated the British ship Guerriere during the War of 1812.
  • Day 19-8 year 1934: Germans voted to make Adolf Hitler Fuhrer.
  • Day 19-8 year 1960: American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was convicted of espionage in Moscow.
  • Day 19-8 year 1977: Comedian Groucho Marx died in Los Angeles at age 86.
  • Day 19-8 year 2003: U.N. special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello was one of 22 killed when a suicide car bomb struck the UN's Baghdad headquarters.
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