Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, in West Hills, on Long Island, New York. He was the second son of Walter Whitman, a house-builder, and Louisa Van Velsor. In the 1820s and 1830s, the family, ...

However, research has enabled the discovery of the fact that, as Yorkshire’s record holder for longevity of life died as long ag as 1973, the theory that we are living longer does not yet seem to ...