William Butler Yeats

Writer

Date of birth : 06/12/1865

Date of death : 01/28/1939

City of birth : Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]

William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, 1865 in Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland, UK. He is known for his work on Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Echoes and Oedipus Rex (1957). He was married to Georgiana Hyde-Lees. He died on January 28, 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.