Alan Seeger
American poet
Died when: 28 years 12 days (336 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion.
Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist and the uncle of folk musicians, Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, and Mike Seeger.
He is best known for the poem "I Have a Rendezvous with Death", a favorite of President John F.Kennedy.
A statue representing him is on the monument in the Place des États-Unis, Paris, honoring fallen Americans who volunteered for France during the war.
Seeger is sometimes called the "American Rupert Brooke".
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