Langdon Smith, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Langdon Smith

American journalist

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1858

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1908

Profession: poet, journalist, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Langdon Smith (4 January 1858 – 8 April 1908) was an American journalist and author.
His most well-known work is the poem "Evolution", which begins with the line "When you were a tadpole and I was a fish".
The line later became the title of an essay about this "one-poem poet" written by Martin Gardner.