Katharine Lee Bates (died 1929), American poet best known as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful"; her poem "Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride" (1889) popularizes "Mrs. Santa Claus" September 19 – Annie Wall Barnett (died 1942), American poet November 2 – Augusta Peaux (died 1944), Dutch poet November 4 – Perceval Gibbon (died 1926), South African poet, short-story writer, author and journalist December 16 – Francis Thompson (died 1907) English poet Also – Narasinghrao (died 1937), Indian, Gujarati-language poet and writer Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 23 – Bettina von Arnim (born 1785), German writer, poet, composer and novelist January 23 – Iswarchandra Gupta (born 1811), Bengali poet and writer February 13 – Eliza Acton (born 1799), English poet and cook who produced one of the country's first cookbooks aimed at the domestic reader rather than the professional March 30 – James Matthews Legaré (born 1823), American poet and failed inventor April 3 – Reginald Heber (born 1783, English Anglican bishop, poet and hymn writer April 14 – Sydney, Lady Morgan, née Owenson (born about 1781), Irish novelist and poet July 23 – Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (born 1786), French August 28 – Leigh Hunt (born 1784), English critic, essayist, poet and writer November 28 – Washington Irving (born 1783) American author, essayist, biographer, historian and poet December 28 – Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (born 1800) English historian, Whig politician and poet See also 19th century in poetry 19th century in literature List of years in poetry List of years in literature Victorian literature French literature of the 19th century Poetry Notes 19th-century poetry Poetry