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1819 – 1892Walt Whitman (1819-1892)Died 26 March 1892, aged 72Walt Whitman was an American poet and essayist whose collection Leaves of Grass broke with poetic convention and profoundly influenced modern verse. He is widely regarded as one of the most important poets in American literary history.