Poet Laureate. Born London.
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Andrew Motion
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John Betjeman statue
Bronze. Unveiled by Betjeman's daughter Candida Lycett-Green and Poet Laureat...
Keats statue at Guy's Hospital
Unveiled by Andrew Motion, author of a Keats biography. The quotation comes ...
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Charles Williams
Writer on literature and theology, novelist and poet. Born Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 3 Spencer Road. He worked for the Oxford University Press (OUP) in various capacities for most of his lif...
Cecil Day Lewis
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Thomas Chatterton
Poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Born Bristol. Largely self-taught, read extensively and began writing verse aged 11. Became besotted with the medieval period and faked the writings of a ...
Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay
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John Heath-Stubbs
Poet. Born Streatham Manor, Leigham Avenue (though his parents lived in Hampstead) into a wealthy family. Partially and progressively blind from age 18. Gay. Influenced by by classical myths. ...
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