John Betjeman

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Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom broadcaster human poet writer

John Betjeman was a British poet, writer, and broadcaster who served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death.

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John Betjeman canonical 6
Sir John Betjeman 3
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instanceOf Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ
broadcaster ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived CBE ⓘ
Knighthood ⓘ
causeOfDeath Parkinson's disease ⓘ
child Candida Lycett Green ⓘ
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countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1906-08-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1984-05-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marlborough College ⓘ
endTime 1984 (as Poet Laureate) ⓘ
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surface form: Betjeman
fieldOfWork English poetry ⓘ
architecture writing ⓘ
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surface form: Sir John Betjeman
genre literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
topographical writing ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor campaigning for architectural conservation in Britain ⓘ
popularising poetry on radio and television ⓘ
movement light verse ⓘ
name John Betjeman self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork A Few Late Chrysanthemums ⓘ
Collected Poems ⓘ
First and Last Loves ⓘ
Ghastly Good Taste ⓘ
Summoned by Bells ⓘ
The Shell Guides (various volumes) ⓘ
occupation broadcaster ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Highgate ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Cornwall ⓘ
England ⓘ
Trevose Head ⓘ
positionHeld Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
spouse Penelope Chetwode ⓘ
startTime 1972 (as Poet Laureate) ⓘ

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