W.B. Yeats (Irish Poet) has no Bio. Would you like to help him out?

Question

While I was building the list of Irish poets for the Irish Poets Team (just started) I came across poor William Butler with no biography. If you're a good writer he surely deserves your help. 

Also if you would like to join the Irish Poets Team, leave a note here.

Comments

Just to note WB is project protected as he was previously orphaned and was taken on by Irish Roots PPP, so please don't let that put you off!

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Good point Jason. Thanks for bringing that up.

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Richard you might want to take over Katharine Tynan too.

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Biography is done.  If, of course, you want to add to/subtract from or change anything from it please do so!  I just got the ball rolling.

Answer 1

I don’t mind writing his bio - that is if someone hasn’t already done it! 

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Thank you so much Jaynie; What a wonderful job you did.

Answer 2

I was cleaning up his bio and cross checking Findagrave, when I came across a little mystery. Francesco Joseph “Frank” Capra (1887-1943) is linked there as the son of W. B. Yeats and Retina DeSalvo Capra. Frank was born in San Polo Matese, Italy, at a time when Yeats would be 22 and she would be 20. However, the Wikipedia page has him living in Ireland at that time and moving to London in that year. There is no mention of a side trip to Italy. 

I found an article that says she was first married in 1891, in Duluth, but makes no mention of the connection. 

I've suggested that the link be removed. 

For those interested, the line traces down to Norman J Mastrian, who was convicted of first-degree murder. 

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curiouser and curiouser

Wikipedia doesn't always get all the facts right, all the time