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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Francis Turner Palgrave
Poet & critic. Born Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Wrote hymns and compiled the "Golden Treasury of English Lyrics (1861)".Lived in Hampstead at one time (see our Samuel Sanders Teulon page). Died K...
1 memorial
William Wordsworth
Romantic poet. Born Cumberland, with the perfect name for a poet (see Isambard Brunel for more examples of nominative determinism). Died Grasmere, the Lake District. Passing through London in 18...
2 memorials
Gavin Ewart
Poet. Born 25 Norfolk Crescent. First published aged 17. Died at a hospice in Clapham.
1 memorial
Hamish Henderson
(James) Hamish Scott Henderson was a Scottish poet, songwriter, communist, intellectual and soldier. He was a catalyst for the folk revival in Scotland. He was also an accomplished folk song collec...
1 memorial
A. E. Housman
Alfred Edward Housman. Born near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. Classical scholar, lyrical poet. On his twelfth birthday his mother died. He initially failed his degree at Oxford but went on to be a...
2 memorials
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