Alan Seeger
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1888 – 1916
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Who was Alan Seeger?
Alan Seeger was an American poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger is the uncle of American folk singer Pete Seeger, and was a classmate of T.S. Eliot at Harvard. He is most well known for having authored the poem, I Have a Rendezvous with Death, a favorite of President John F. Kennedy. A statue modeled after Seeger is found on the monument honoring fallen Americans who volunteered for France during the war, located at the Place des États-Unis, Paris.
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- Born
- Jun 22, 1888
New York City - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Hackley School
- Died
- Jul 4, 1916
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on July 23, 2013
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