Person    | Male  Born 1882  Died 1937

John Drinkwater

Categories: Poetry, Theatre

Poet and playwright. Born Leytonstone.

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Captain J. O. Cooper

The poem is part of ‘Riddles’, R.F.C. by John Drinkwater, 1918.

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Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Poet and novelist. Born Robert von Ranke Graves at Red Branch House, Lauriston Road, Wimbledon. Professor of English at Cairo and Professor of Poetry at Oxford. His early poetry included 'Over the ...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Egypt, Spain

1 memorial
William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth

Romantic poet.  Born Cumberland, with the perfect name for a poet (see Isambard Brunel for more examples of nominative determinism).  Died Grasmere, the Lake District.  Passing through London in 18...

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous

2 memorials
Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Author and poet.  Born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St Louis, Missouri, USA. She died, aged 86 years, on 28 May 2014 at her home in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA. Her body was cr...

Person, Gender Issues, Poetry, USA

1 memorial
W. B. Yeats

W. B. Yeats

Poet and dramatist. Born in Dublin to John Butler Yeats.  A member of The Rhymers' Club. Died in Roquebrune, France.

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre, France, Ireland

6 memorials
Khalil Gibran

Khalil Gibran

Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in what is now Lebanon, emigrated as a young man with his family to US. Best known for The Prophet, 1923, popular in the 60s.

Person, Art, Literature, Poetry, Lebanon, USA

1 memorial

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E. Onslow Ford

E. Onslow Ford

Born Islington as Edward Onslow Ford, but he dropped the Edward. Studied Antwerp and Munich.  A successful and well-liked sculptor.  Died at home, 62 Acacia Road.  The picture here is a portrait by...

Person, Sculpture

12 memorials