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Elizabeth Bishop Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at April 25, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Elizabeth Bishop Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Elizabeth Bishop Facts

Full NameElizabeth Bishop
BirthdateFebruary 08, 1911
Birth PlaceWorcester, MA
Age (in 2024)113 Years Old
ZodiacAquarius
OccupationPoet

Elizabeth Bishop Age & Birthday

Elizabeth Bishop is best known as Poet who has born on February 08, 1911 in Worcester, MA. Currently, Elizabeth Bishop is 113 years, 2 months and 17 days old. Elizabeth Bishop will celebrate 114th birthday on Saturday, 8th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Elizabeth Bishop upcoming birthday.

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Elizabeth Bishop Biography

About

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and U.S. Poet Laureate who is remembered for North & South, A Cold Spring, Questions of Travel, and other works. Her 1969 Complete Poems collection received the prestigious National Book Award.

Before Fame

She studied at Vassar College, where she started out as a musical composition major.

Trivia

Her inheritance from her father funded a series of South American travels in her later years.

Family Life

Her father died when she was an infant, and when she was only five years old, her mother entered a mental institution. Consequently, she was raised by her grandparents in Nova Scotia and by her aunt in Boston.

Associated With

She was a friend of poet Robert Lowell, but she disapproved of his personal, confessional style of poetry.

Top Asked Questions about Elizabeth Bishop

How old is Elizabeth Bishop in 2024?

Elizabeth Bishop is 113 years old today.

When was Elizabeth Bishop born?

Elizabeth Bishop was born on February 08, 1911 in Worcester, MA.

What is Elizabeth Bishop zodiac sign?

Elizabeth Bishop zodiac sign is Aquarius.

What was Elizabeth Bishop best known for?

Elizabeth Bishop was best known as Poet.

Fun Facts about Elizabeth Bishop's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Elizabeth Bishop's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

  • Elizabeth Bishop was born on Wednesday, 39th day / 06th week of 1911
  • Elizabeth Bishop has Aquarius zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of Elizabeth Bishop birthday is VIII.II.MCMXI
  • Elizabeth Bishop's birthstone is Amethyst
  • Elizabeth Bishop's birth flower is Primrose that symbolize modesty, distinction & virtue
  • Elizabeth Bishop age in year is 113 years old
  • Elizabeth Bishop age in month is 1358 months old
  • Elizabeth Bishop age in day is 41350 days old
  • Elizabeth Bishop age in hour is 992400 hours old
  • Elizabeth Bishop age in minute is 59544000 minutes old
  • Elizabeth Bishop age in second is 3572640000 seconds old
  • Next Elizabeth Bishop birthday is on Saturday, February 8th 2025
  • Elizabeth Bishop age in next birthday (2025) is 114 years old

Historical Events on Elizabeth Bishop Birthday (February 08)

Below are historical events that coincided with Elizabeth Bishop's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

YearEvent
1971South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
1974After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
1978Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
1981Twenty-one association football spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens F.C.
1983The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050 ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
1983Irish race horse Shergar is stolen by gunmen.
1986Hinton train collision: Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a 118-car Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, west of Edmonton. It is the worst rail accident in Canada until the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec derailment in 2013 which killed forty-seven people.
1989Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport (Azores) killing all 144 passengers on board.
1993General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
1993An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide in mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people on board both aircraft.
1996The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
2005Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.
2010A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.
2013A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
2014A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.
1985The birth of Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter
1985The birth of Brian Randle, American basketball player and coach
1986The birth of Anderson Paak, American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist
1987The birth of Javi García, Spanish footballer
1987The birth of Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
1988The birth of Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
1989The birth of Zac Guildford, New Zealand rugby player
1989The birth of Julio Jones, American football player
1990The birth of Klay Thompson, American professional basketball player
1991The birth of Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer
1992The birth of Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer
1994The birth of Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer
1994The birth of Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
1995The birth of Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
1996The birth of Kenedy, Brazilian footballer
2014The death of Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)
2014The death of Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)
2014The death of Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (b. 1938)
2015The death of Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (b. 1939)
2016The death of Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)
2016The death of Nida Fazli, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1938)
2016The death of Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1938)
2016The death of Violette Verdy, French ballerina (b. 1933)
2017The death of Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1933)
2017The death of Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (b. 1998)
2017The death of Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (b. 1929)
2020The death of Robert Conrad, American actor (b. 1935)
2021The death of Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach (b. 1943)
2021The death of Mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944)
2023The death of Arto Heiskanen, Finnish professional hockey player (b. 1963)

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