Martin Bell papers, 1958-1967.

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...

Hosbaum, Philip

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Marshfield, Alan, 1933-

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Wilson, John I.B.

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Resident of Canfield, Trumbull County, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1833-1845. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18727630 Milton (Caswell Co.), N.C. merchant. From the description of Papers and account book, 1835-1852. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39390446 Frederick Co., Virginia resident. From the description of Papers, 1827-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36050605 Jo...

Macleod, Iain, 1913-1970

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Scannel, Vernon

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Redgrove, Peter

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British poet. From the description of Poems written in a printed book, 1971 Feb. 23. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122481673 Peter William Redgrove, the poet, writer, and playwright, was born on 2 January 1932 and died on 16 June 2003. He was a Gregory Fellow in Poetry at Leeds University 1962-1965, and was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. For fuller details of his life and achievements s...

Ewart, Gavin

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Lucie-Smith, Edward

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Literary and art critic, poet, free-lance journalist, editor, and partner in Turret Books. From the description of Papers. 1963-1975. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23949782 ...

Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972

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Cecil Day Lewis was a British poet and writer of detective stories under the name Nicholas Blake. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire literary papers. From the description of Cecil Day Lewis collection. [1929-ca. 1930s]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848431 Cecil Day-Lewis was born on 27 April 1904 at Ballintubbet in Ireland, the only child of the Reverend Frank Cecil Day-Lewis, a Church of Ireland cu...

Larkin, Philip

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English author Philip Larkin was born in Coventry and educated at Oxford. Within a few years of graduation, he had published two novels and a volume of poetry. His verse was technically accomplished and quite readable; despite a remarkably small output, he became one of the most highly-regarded poets of the 20th century. He was equally popular with critics and his loyal public, successfully producing accessible verse with a uniquely English voice that remained true to classical tradition. Shy an...

Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844

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Porter was a member of the New York State Legislature, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State, a major general in the War of 1812, and United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829. He was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. From the description of Letter, 1839 February 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407205 Congressman, general of New York State Militia during the War of 1812, and partner in Porter, Barton & Company. ...

Bell, Martin, 1938-....

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Martin Bell was a poet, born in Southampton, Hampshire, England on February 2, 1918. Educated at Taunton's School, Southampton, and the University of Southampton where he received a B.A. (honours) in English. Founder of the Group and involved in its reincarnation as the Writer's Workshop. From 1935 to 1939 he was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and from 1939 to 1946 he served in the Royal Engineers. Bell taught in London schools from 1956 to 1967. He was a Gregory Fellow at Leed...

MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978

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C. M. (Christopher Murray) Grieve [Hugh McDiarmid, 1892-1978] was a Scottish poet, writer, and cultural activist. Politically, he was both a nationalist, helping found the National Party of Scotland in 1928, and a communist. During the 1930's, he was expelled from each group for his membership in the other. His nationalist leanings were, for a time, characterized by pre-Reformation Catholic Scotland "as a model of social, spiritual, and national coherence." (Roderick Watson, ODNB). Grieve founde...

Owen, Margaret Rees

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