John Betjeman letters, 1949, undated.

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John Betjeman letters, 1949, undated.

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Collection consists of three letters written by Betjeman to Rev. H.D. Hanshell and Sir Fenton Hort.

3 letters (1 box)

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7973583

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Hanshell, H. D.

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Hort, Fenton John Anthony, 1828-1892

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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...