Rufus Wilmot Griswold

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1855

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Rufus Wilmot Griswold, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Walt Whitman publishes the first edition of Leaves of Grass

   1855

   Role: Critic

   1. 1July 4, 1855 · BrooklynSelf-Publication

      Whitman financed and printed the first edition himself, surprising his brothers with the completed book in late June 1855.

Sources

1. Leaves of Grass Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-15