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September 11, 1958 (84 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
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Celebrities born on January 16
Born in 1874
Capricorn named Robert
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Robert W. Service
Robert William Service is an English Canadian poet and writer, commonly referred to as "Bard of the Yukon". Born in Lancashire of Scottish descent, he was a commercial banker, but traveled long distances in the western United States and Canada, often falling into poverty. When his bank sent him to the Yukon, he drew on stories about the Klondike Gold Rush and wrote two poems, “The Dan McGrew Shootings” and “The Sam McGee Cremation,” testifying to the considerable authenticity of his work. 'an inexperienced author. Mining for gold, and instantly became popular. Encouraged by this, he quickly wrote more poems on the same theme, published under the title Song of a Sour Powder, and had many sales. As its next collection Ballad of a Cheechako proved to be equally successful, the Service could afford to travel a lot and live a quiet and independent life in Paris and on the French Riviera.
BornJanuary 16, 1874, Preston, Lancashire, England
DiedSeptember 11, 1958, Lancieux, Côtes-d'Armor, France
Resting placeLancieux, Côtes-d'Armor
OccupationWriter, poet, Canadian Great North adventurer
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow, and McGill University
GenrePoetry, Novel
Notable worksSongs of a Sourdough, Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, The Trail of '98
SpouseGermaine Bourgoin
Children3

About Robert W. Service

Poet Robert W. Service was born on January 16, 1874 in England (He dies at the age of 84, on September 11, 1958).

The British-born poet wrote"The Shooting of Dan McGrew,""The Cremation of Sam McGee", and"The Call of the Wild". His poetry collections include Songs of a Sourdough and Rhymes of a Red Cross Man.

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Robert W. Service before becoming famous

Robert W. Service was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1874 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He grew raised with nine siblings in Lancashire, England, and Glasgow, Scotland. He moved to Canada in his early twenties.

Achievement of Robert W. Service

During WWII, he lived in Canada and America, evading Nazi officials who wanted to find him due to his literary mockery of Hitler.

Robert W. Service's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was Iris Bourgoin's father, and he was married to Germaine Bourgoin.

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His passion to live the cowboy life attracted him to Canada's western frontier; he hoped to become the Yukon Territory's Other Buffalo Bill Cody.

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