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Walt Whitman (born Walter Whitman) (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist born in West Hills, Huntington on Long Island in New York. Two of his most famous works are Franklin Evans and Leaves of Grass. (Read more...)

Photo credit: George C. Cox (1887), Source: Library of Congress.