the ledger of connections
The Connections of W. B. Yeats
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939) Every person recorded alongside W. B. Yeats in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside W. B. Yeats in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- John Butler Yeats, Susan Pollexfen
- Spouses
- Georgie Hyde-Lees
- Children
- Anne Yeats, Michael Yeats
- Siblings
- Elizabeth Yeats, Lily Yeats, Jack Butler Yeats, Robert Corbet Yeats, Jane Grace Yeats
- Teachers
- William Blake
- Influenced by
- William Blake, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Dante Alighieri, Edmund Spenser, William Morris, Emmanuel Swedenborg, Jakob Böhme, Augusta, Lady Gregory
- Influenced
- Robert Frost, C. S. Lewis, Seamus Heaney
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1865 to 1939.
Modern era
Stefan Thomas
February 1, 1932 – February 7, 2025
Historical figure
Modern era
Juan Benet
October 7, 1927 – January 5, 1993
Spanish writer (1927–1993)
Modern era
Joseph Poon
b. 1935
Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer
Modern era
Richard Teng
December 29, 1906 – May 5, 1990
Estonian ship captain resided in Canada (1906-1990)
Modern era
Arthur Hayes
January 3, 1923 – April 1, 1997
1923-1997
Modern era
Erik Voorhees
b. c. 1901
American businessman and entrepreneur
Modern era
Su Zhu
February 16, 1921 – August 20, 2008
2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008)
Modern era
Raoul Pal
January 12, 1912 – March 10, 1995
Finnish writer (1912-1995)
Modern era
Brian Brooks
1937 – April 8, 2026
New Zealand legal academic (1937–2026)
Modern era
Peter McCormack
April 22, 1919 – January 28, 1988
American politician
Modern era
Peter Schiff
June 27, 1923 – April 17, 2014
German actor and voice actor (1923–2014)
Modern era
Bernard von NotHaus
b. c. 1901
American counterfeiter