Poet. Born 25 Norfolk Crescent. First published aged 17. Died at a hospice in Clapham.
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Gavin Ewart
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Gavin Ewart
Gavin Ewart, 1916 - 1995, noted poet, FRSL, lived at Kenilworth Court. The P...
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Arthur Waley
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John Heath-Stubbs
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Anna Laetitia Barbauld
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John Maxwell Edmonds
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Josiah Wedgwood
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Lady Diana Beauclerk
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Rawthmell's Coffee House
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