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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Eva Gore-Booth
Poet and dramatist, and a committed suffragist, social worker and labour activist. Born as Eva Selina Laura Gore-Booth in County Sligo, the younger sister of Constance Gore-Booth, who was later kn...
1 memorial
Edward de Vere
17th Earl of Oxford. Possibly born at Castle Hedingham, Essex. He wrote poetry and was a court favourite. Since the 1920s, he has been among the alternative candidates for the authorship of Shakes...
2 memorials
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Closely related to the royal family but Henry VIII took against Henry and his father, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Â They were imprisoned and Henry was beheaded at Tower Hill. Â His father sur...
1 memorial
Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay
Historian, essayist, poet. Â Born Leicestershire but brought up in the Clapham home. Â Spent four years (1834 - 8) as an administrator in India, during which he showed little interest in Indian cultu...
4 memorials
Phillis Wheatley
American writer who was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Her name can also be given as Phillis Wheatley Peters or Phyllis or Wheatly. Born in West Africa, she was s...
1 memorial
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