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John Butler Yeats

John Butler Yeats, Irish painter (died 1922)

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Born
March 16, 1839
Died
February 3, 1922
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1839

About John Butler Yeats

John Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lollie" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a number of his portraits in oil and works on paper, including one of his portraits of his son William, painted in 1900. Janis Londraville, editor, (2003) Prodigal Father Revisited: Artists and writers in the World of John Butler Yeats, Locust Hill Press, includes papers from first John Butler Yeats Seminar, Chestertown 2001. Robert Gordon (1978), John Butler Yeats and John Sloan: The Record of a Friendship.

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John Butler Yeats timeline

  1. Robert Gordon (1978), John Butler Yeats and John Sloan: The Record of a Friendship.
  2. Janis Londraville, editor, (2003) Prodigal Father Revisited: Artists and writers in the World of John Butler Yeats, Locust Hill Press, includes papers from first John Butler Yeats Seminar, Chestertown 2001.

The world when John Butler Yeats was born

John Butler Yeats was born in 1839. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFirst Opium War begins between Britain and China
  • Technology milestonePhotography (daguerreotype) announced to the world
  • Notable inventionDaguerreotype camera
  • World population~1.19B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderMartin Van Buren
  • U.S. population16.7M

1839 versus 2026

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Measure18392026
Population16.7M341 million

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