Letters to Morchard Bishop, 1935-1983.

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Letters to Morchard Bishop, 1935-1983.

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The letters were written by Betjeman to Morchard Bishop (pseudonym of Oliver Stonor) and concern various writing and architectural projects that Betjeman is involved with over the years. There is also a group of 37 photocopied letters written by Bishop to Betjeman (FAC 1345).

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Bishop, Morchard

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Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

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John Betjeman was a poet, journalist, free-lance writer, architectural commentator, broadcaster, and television personality who was popular in England in the 1960s and 1970s and was active in the campaigning for the preservation of churches, buildings and landscape. He was knighted in 1969 and became poet laureate in 1972. During his time at Oxford University, Betjeman's active social life included writers such as Evelyn Waugh, Bryan Guiness, Graham Greene, and W.H. Auden. He married Penelope Ch...