Robert (Lee) Frost
Biography
His family moved to New England when he was 12. Attended Dartmouth College and later Harvard. Received M. A. from Amherst. Married Elinor White in 1895. She died in 1938. They had several children. He was a farmer and a school teacher. He began to publish poems in 1912. He received Pulitzer Prizes for poetry in 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943. He received more than 40 honorary degrees.
Frost spoke at the inauguration of President Kennedy in 1961. He died in Boston.
Congress honored Frost with a gold medal by resolution September 13, 1960, "in recognition of his poetry, which has enriched the culture of the United States and the philosophy of the world." It was designed by Engelhardus von Hebei and was presented to Frost on his 88th birthday. Bronze copies (USM 654) were authorized May 25, 1961.
Frost appears on the one ounce American Arts gold medallion for 1983. The design was by Phillip Fowler.
bio: ConAut 89; EAB; Failor; NCAB 58; WAB; WWWA-4 obit: CB Mar 63
Source credit: Pete Smith, American Numismatic Biographies
Bio Snapshot
Date of Birth: 1874 - Mar - 26Place of Birth: San Francisco, California
Date of Death: 1963 - Jan - 29