Alan Seeger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alan Seeger

American poet

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1888

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 04-Jul-1916

Profession: writer, military personnel, poet

Nationality: United States, France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) 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 was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist.
He is best known for the poem I Have a Rendezvous with Death, a favorite of President John F.
Kennedy.
A statue representing him is on the monument in the Place des États-Unis, Paris, honoring fallen Americans who volunteered for France during the war.
Seeger is sometimes called the "American Rupert Brooke."