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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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Born 7 Chester Street, Chelsea. Poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He invented the poetic form called ‘roundel’. Was a good friend of Dante Rossetti, who called him his ’little Northumbrian ...
4 memorials
Dr. Keningale Robert Cook, LL.D
Keningale Robert Cook was born on 26 September 1845 in Smallbridge, Rochdale, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), a son of Robert Keningale Cook (1812-1891) and Ellen Cook née Nield (1823-1909). H...
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Ben Okri
Poet and novelist. Born Nigeria but spent his early childhood in London. Returned to England to study in the late 1970s. His 1991 novel 'The Famished Road' won the Booker Prize.
1 memorial
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Heinrich Heine
German poet and essayist. Born Dusseldorf. Died Paris.
1 memorial
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Sandemanian chapel
The Sandemanians were a Christian sect founded by John Glas in Scotland and spread into England and America by his son-in-law Robert Sandeman. Sandeman arrived in London in April 1761 and establish...
2 memorials
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