John Masefield
| Full Name: |
John
Edward
Masefield |
| Born: |
June 1, 1878
Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, UK |
| Died: |
May 12, 1967
Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Occupation: |
Poet, Writer |
| Nationality: |
British |
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Biography
John Edward Masefield OM was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967.
Educated at King's School, Warwick, Masefield was apprenticed aboard a windjammer that sailed around Cape Horn. He left the sea after that voyage and spent several years living precariously in the United States. His work there in a carpet factory is described in his autobiography, In the Mill (1941). He returned to England, worked for a time as a journalist for the Manchester Guardian, and settled in London. After he succeeded Robert Bridges as poet laureate in 1930, his poetry became more austere.
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