Key facts
- Monarchs
- George V , Edward VIII , George VI , Elizabeth II
- Preceded by
- Robert Bridges
- Succeeded by
- Cecil Day-Lewis
- Born
- John Edward Masefield , ( 1878-06-01 ) 1 June 1878, Ledbury , Herefordshire , England
- Died
- 12 May 1967 (1967-05-12) (aged 88), Abingdon , Berkshire , England
- Occupation
- Poet, writer
- Awards
- Shakespeare Prize (1938)
- Genres
- Poetry, children's novels
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ledbury
- Place of death
- Abingdon-on-Thames
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Order of Merit
- Image
- John Edward Masefield in 1916.jpg
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- place of burial
- Poets' Corner
- date of birth
- 1878-06-01
- date of death
- 1967-05-12
- Commons category
- John Masefield
- Commons gallery
- John Masefield
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- John Masefield
- Commons Creator page
- John Masefield
- writing language
- English language
- personal library at
- Harry Ransom Center
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Encyclopedic overview
John Edward Masefield, OM (/ˈmeɪsˌfiːld, ˈmeɪz-/; 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.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Masefield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.