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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John Donne
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Alice Meynell
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Thomas Chatterton
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Sarah Flower Adams
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