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John Betjeman
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson : 'Ulysses'
[the curriculum at the Dragon School] included much memorizing of poetry, particularly Tennyson's 'Ulysses' and 'Morte d'Arthur'. John learned a lot of poetry by heart and won a prize for recitation'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Alfred, Lord Tennyson : 'Morte d'Arthur'
[the curriculum at the Dragon School] included much memorizing of poetry, particularly Tennyson's 'Ulysses' and 'Morte d'Arthur'. John learned a lot of poetry by heart and won a prize for recitation'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow :
'The poets John read at Highgate Junior School included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Campbell and Edgar Allan Poe'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Edgar Allan Poe :
'The poets John read at Highgate Junior School included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Campbell and Edgar Allan Poe'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Thomas Campbell :
'The poets John read at Highgate Junior School included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Campbell and Edgar Allan Poe'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Alfred Douglas :
'John was not only reading and quoting Lord Alfred Douglas at Marlborough. Ernest Betjeman [his father] was scandalized to discover that he was also corresponding with the former lover of Oscar Wilde'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Ebeneezer Elliott :
'[quotation from Maurice Bowra's Memoirs] The first time I met him [John Betjeman] he talked fluently about half forgotten authors of the nineteenth century - Sir Henry Taylor, Ebeneezer Elliott, Philip James Bailey, and Sir Lewis Morris'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Henry Taylor :
'[quotation from Maurice Bowra's Memoirs] The first time I met him [John Betjeman] he talked fluently about half forgotten authors of the nineteenth century - Sir Henry Taylor, Ebeneezer Elliott, Philip James Bailey, and Sir Lewis Morris'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Philip James Bailey :
'[quotation from Maurice Bowra's Memoirs] The first time I met him [John Betjeman] he talked fluently about half forgotten authors of the nineteenth century - Sir Henry Taylor, Ebeneezer Elliott, Philip James Bailey, and Sir Lewis Morris'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: John Betjeman Print: Book
Lewis Morris :
'[quotation from Maurice Bowra's Memoirs] The first time I met him [John Betjeman] he talked fluently about half forgotten authors of the nineteenth century - Sir Henry Taylor, Ebeneezer Elliott, Philip James Bailey, and Sir Lewis Morris'.
