Poet. Born 47 Campden House Court, Kensington. The Evening Standard carries a very critical review of a 2012 edition of Spender's journals.
Died at home at 15 Loudoun Road, St John's Wood , or in Westminster, depending on source.
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Sir Stephen Spender
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Orwell, Spender & Cyril Connolly’s Horizon Magazine
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Michelangelo
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Rhymers' Club
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John Heath-Stubbs
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Dylan Thomas
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Mercers' Company
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Lord Kelvin
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British-German Association
The Association came into being in the House of Commons. Those involved in setting it up include: Sir George Catlin, Dr Thomas Mann, Dr Adolf Grimme - Minister of Education for Lower Saxony, Sir ...
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