the ledger of connections
The Connections of W. H. Auden
British-American poet (1907–1973) Every person recorded alongside W. H. Auden in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside W. H. Auden in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- George Augustus Auden, Constance Rosalie Bicknell
- Spouses
- Erika Mann, Chester Kallman
- Siblings
- [George] Bernard Auden, John Bicknell Auden
- Influenced by
- Bertolt Brecht, John Donne, Soren Kierkegaard, T. S. Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Adalbert Stifter, Christopher Isherwood, George MacDonald, Konstantinos P. Cavafy
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1907 to 1973.
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
Timothy C. May
1940 – September 22, 2011
English sociologist & race car historian (1940-2011)
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
Roger Ver
February 27, 1944 – January 12, 2020
English conservative philosopher and writer (1944–2020)
Modern era
Erik Voorhees
b. c. 1901
American businessman and entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Hal Finney
May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014
American software developer (1956-2014)
Contemporary era
Nick Szabo
b. April 5, 1964
American computer scientist
Contemporary era
Adam Back
b. 1970
British cryptographer
Contemporary era
David Chaum
b. 1955
American computer scientist and cryptographer