John Masefield
(1878-1967)
English poet and writer
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John Edward Masefield (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967, during which time he lived at Burcot, Oxfordshire, near Abingdon-on-Thames. Among his best known works are the children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever". Shortly after his death his house (Burcote Brook) burned down and was later replaced by a Cheshire Home named after him.
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1 June 1878 Ledbury, Herefordshire England
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12 May 1967 (aged 88) Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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