Person    | Male  Born 26/10/1952 

Andrew Motion

Categories: Poetry

Poet Laureate. Born London.

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John Betjeman statue

Bronze. Unveiled by Betjeman's daughter Candida Lycett-Green and Poet Laureat...

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Keats statue at Guy's Hospital

Unveiled by Andrew Motion, author of a Keats biography. The quotation comes ...

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Ugo Foscolo

Ugo Foscolo

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William Bell Scott

William Bell Scott

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Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang

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Rhymers' Club

Rhymers' Club

The Rhymers' Club met at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese where they read their poems aloud, criticised each other's work and published together. Members included: Yeats, Arthur Symons, Richard Le Gallien...

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