October 1, 1885

Louis Untermeyer (October 1, 1885 to December 18, 1977) is a familiar name to English majors. He was a poet and an anthologist: he was in fact a literary celebrity, appearing on shows like "What's My Line" as a panelist.  His family included pets, and spectacularly, a ginger cat names Mrs. Sullavan. This cat was such an integral part of their household that his wife, Bryna, an editor and writer herself, (fiction editor at Seventeen magazine, for example) memorialized their cat in Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan (1966).