Magdalen College, Oxford

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Biography
  • McDowell, Margaret. "Jon Stallworthy". Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 40: Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Since 1960. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by Vincent B. Sherry Jr., Villanova University. The Gale Group, 1985. pp. 547-557.
  • Stallworthy, Jon. The Earthly Paradise. Oxford, England: privately printed, 1958.
  • --. The Astronomy of Love. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1961. PR6037 .T1615 A9 1961 Robarts Library.
  • --. Out of Bounds. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1963. PR6037 .T1615 O8 E. J. Pratt Library at Victoria University.
  • --. The Almond Tree. London, England: Turret Books, 1967. pam 03071 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
  • --. A Day in the City. Exeter, England: Exeter Books, 1967.
  • --. Root and Branch. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1969. PR6037 .T1615 R6 1976 UNIV Laidlaw Library at University College.
  • --. Positives. Dublin, Ireland: Dolmen Press, 1969. del .S834 P67 1969 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
  • --. A Dinner of Herbs. Exeter, England: Rougemont Press, 1970.
  • --. Hand in Hand. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1974. PR6037 .T1615 H3 Robarts Library.
  • --. The Apple Barrel: Selected Poems, 1955-1963. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1974. PR6037 .T1615 A6 UNIV Laidlaw Library at University College.
  • --. A Familiar Tree. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1978. PR6037 .T1615 F3 Robarts Library.
  • --. The Anzac Sonata: New and Selected Poems. London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1986; New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1987. PR6037 .T1615 A8 1986 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. The Guest from the Future. London, England: Perpetua Press, 1989. PR6037 .T1615 G84 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. Rounding the Horn: Collected Poems. Manchester, England: Carcanet Press, 1998. PR6037 .T1615 R68 1998 Robarts Library.
  • --. Body Language. Manchester: Carcanet, 2004.
Degree
Biography
  • McDowell, Margaret. "Jon Stallworthy". Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 40: Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Since 1960. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by Vincent B. Sherry Jr., Villanova University. The Gale Group, 1985. pp. 547-557.
  • Stallworthy, Jon. The Earthly Paradise. Oxford, England: privately printed, 1958.
  • --. The Astronomy of Love. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1961. PR6037 .T1615 A9 1961 Robarts Library.
  • --. Out of Bounds. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1963. PR6037 .T1615 O8 E. J. Pratt Library at Victoria University.
  • --. The Almond Tree. London, England: Turret Books, 1967. pam 03071 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
  • --. A Day in the City. Exeter, England: Exeter Books, 1967.
  • --. Root and Branch. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1969. PR6037 .T1615 R6 1976 UNIV Laidlaw Library at University College.
  • --. Positives. Dublin, Ireland: Dolmen Press, 1969. del .S834 P67 1969 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
  • --. A Dinner of Herbs. Exeter, England: Rougemont Press, 1970.
  • --. Hand in Hand. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1974. PR6037 .T1615 H3 Robarts Library.
  • --. The Apple Barrel: Selected Poems, 1955-1963. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1974. PR6037 .T1615 A6 UNIV Laidlaw Library at University College.
  • --. A Familiar Tree. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1978. PR6037 .T1615 F3 Robarts Library.
  • --. The Anzac Sonata: New and Selected Poems. London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1986; New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1987. PR6037 .T1615 A8 1986 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. The Guest from the Future. London, England: Perpetua Press, 1989. PR6037 .T1615 G84 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. Rounding the Horn: Collected Poems. Manchester, England: Carcanet Press, 1998. PR6037 .T1615 R68 1998 Robarts Library.
  • --. Body Language. Manchester: Carcanet, 2004.
Degree
Biography
  • McDowell, Margaret. "Jon Stallworthy". Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 40: Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Since 1960. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by Vincent B. Sherry Jr., Villanova University. The Gale Group, 1985. pp. 547-557.
  • Stallworthy, Jon. The Earthly Paradise. Oxford, England: privately printed, 1958.
  • --. The Astronomy of Love. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1961. PR6037 .T1615 A9 1961 Robarts Library.
  • --. Out of Bounds. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1963. PR6037 .T1615 O8 E. J. Pratt Library at Victoria University.
  • --. The Almond Tree. London, England: Turret Books, 1967. pam 03071 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
  • --. A Day in the City. Exeter, England: Exeter Books, 1967.
  • --. Root and Branch. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1969. PR6037 .T1615 R6 1976 UNIV Laidlaw Library at University College.
  • --. Positives. Dublin, Ireland: Dolmen Press, 1969. del .S834 P67 1969 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
  • --. A Dinner of Herbs. Exeter, England: Rougemont Press, 1970.
  • --. Hand in Hand. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1974. PR6037 .T1615 H3 Robarts Library.
  • --. The Apple Barrel: Selected Poems, 1955-1963. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1974. PR6037 .T1615 A6 UNIV Laidlaw Library at University College.
  • --. A Familiar Tree. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1978. PR6037 .T1615 F3 Robarts Library.
  • --. The Anzac Sonata: New and Selected Poems. London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1986; New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1987. PR6037 .T1615 A8 1986 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. The Guest from the Future. London, England: Perpetua Press, 1989. PR6037 .T1615 G84 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. Rounding the Horn: Collected Poems. Manchester, England: Carcanet Press, 1998. PR6037 .T1615 R68 1998 Robarts Library.
  • --. Body Language. Manchester: Carcanet, 2004.
Biography

John Betjeman, son of Ernest Edward Betjemann (a furniture manufacturer) and Mabel Bessie Dawson, was born at Parliament Hill Mansions, north London. John adopted his style of spelling the family name around the age of twenty-one (the name can be traced back to Dutch or German origin). After attending Byron House Montessori School, where he was briefly taught by T. S. Eliot, Betjeman went on to enroll in Magdalen College, Oxford where he studied for three years. After refusing his father's offer to enter the family business, Betjeman worked in various jobs including a position as private secretary to Sir Horace Plunkett, as an assistant editor of the Architectural Review, as a film critic of the London Evening Standard, and as the British Press attaché in Dublin during World Ward II. During this time Betjeman also proved to be a prolific writer. He published frequently during the 1930s and 1940s and achieved great success when the first edition of his Collected Poems (1958) sold over 100,000 copies. Readers were very receptive to Betjeman's work as it was easily accessible and presented them with the nearly forgotten pleasures of rhyme and metre - qualities that were rarely found in modern poetry. Furthermore, Betjeman's poetry focuses on the everyday experiences of his readers, another rarity amongst his contemporaries. By in the 1950's, Betjeman focused on book reviewing, broadcasting and writing poetry. His position as a broadcaster enabled him to attract public attention on his personal passion for architecture; he even managed to save many buildings that were being threatened with demolition. A celebrated national figure, John Betjeman received many honours, including being chosen as poet laureate in 1972 and receiving a knighthood in 1969. During his later years the poet suffered from the onset of Parkinson's disease, and after a series of strokes he died at his home in Trebetherick, Cornwall, on 19 May 1984.

  • Amis, Kingsley . “Betjeman, Sir John (1906–1984).” Rev. M. Clare Loughlin-Chow. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
  • Betjeman, John. Mount Zion; or, In Touch with the Infinite. London: James Press, 1931.
  • --. Continual Dew: A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse. London: J. Murray, 1937. PR6003 .E77 C65 1977 Robarts Library
  • (Under pseudonym Epsilon) Sir John Piers. Mullingar, Ireland: Westmeath Examiner, 1938.
  • --. Old Lights for New Chancels: Verses Topographical and Amatory. London: J. Murray, 1940.
  • --. New Bats in Old Belfries. London: J. Murray, 1945. PR6003 .E77 N4 Robarts Library
  • --. Slick but Not Streamlined: Poems and Short Pieces. Selected and with an introduction by W. H. Auden. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1947. aud .A844 Z5B48 1947 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
  • --. Selected Poems. Compiled and with an introduction by John Sparrow. London: J. Murray, 1948, 1952. PR6003 .E77 A6 1952 John M. Kelly Library at St. Michael's College
  • --. A Few Late Chrysanthemums: New Poems. London: Murray, 1954. PR6003 .E77 F4 1954 John M. Kelly Library at St. Michael's College
  • --. Poems in the Porch. London: S.P.C.K., 1954. PR6003 .E77 P6 John W. Graham Library at Trinity College
  • --. Collected Poems. Compiled and with an introduction by the Earl of Birkenhead. London: J. Murray, 1958; Boston, M.A.: Houghton, 1959; 3rd enlarged edition published as John Betjeman's Collected Poems. London: J. Murray, 1970; Boston, M.A.: Houghton, 1971; 4th edition, London: J. Murray, 1979. PR6003 .E77 A17 1963, PR6003 .E77 A17 1970, PR6003 .E77 A17 1972, PR6003 .E77 A17 1979 Robarts Library
  • --. John Betjeman (selected poems). London: E. Hulton, 1958.PR6003 .E77 A6 1958 Robarts Library
  • --. Poems. London: Vista Books, 1960. PR6003 .E77 A173John M. Kelly Library at St. Michael's College
  • --. Summoned by Bells (autobiography in verse). Boston, M.A.: Houghton, 1960; new edition, London: J. Murray, 1976. PR6003 .E77 Z52 1976 Robarts Library
  • --. A Ring of Bells. Selected and with an introduction by Irene Slade. London: J. Murray, 1962; Boston, M.A.: Houghton, 1963.
  • --. High and Low. London: J. Murray, 1966; Boston, M.A.: Houghton, 1967. PR6003 .E77 H5 1966 John M. Kelly Library at St. Michael's College
  • --. A Nip in the Air. London: J. Murray, 1974; New York, N.Y.: Norton, 1976. PR6003 .E77 N5 Robarts Library
  • --. Metro-land. New York, N.Y.: Warren, 1977.
  • --. The Best of Betjeman. Selected by John Guest. London: J. Murray, 1978. PR6003 .E77 A6 1978 John M. Kelly Library at St. Michael's College
  • --. Church Poems. London: J. Murray, 1981. PR6003 .E77 C5 Robarts Library
  • --. Uncollected Poems. London: J. Murray, 1982. PR6003 .E77 U6 1982 John M. Kelly Library at St. Michael's College
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Biography

Robert Stephen Hawker was born on Dec. 3, 1803, to Jacob Stephen Hawker and Jane Elizabeth Drewitt. He was educated at Liskeard and Cheltenham Grammar Schools, and Pembroke College and Magdalen College, Oxford, receiving his B.A. in 1828. Hawker brought out his first book of poems, Tendrils, in 1821, and won the Newdigate Prize at Oxford for a poem on Pompeii in 1827. After being ordained a priest in the Anglican Church in 1831, Hawker settled down in the vicarage at Morwenstow, Cornwall, in 1837, with his wife, Charlotte Eliza Rawleigh I'ans, whom he had married on Nov. 6, 1823. Other books of verse came out in 1832, 1840, 1843, and 1844, but only when Charles Dickens acknowledged his authorship of "The Song of the Western Men" on Nov. 20, 1852, in Household Words, did Hawker become well known as a poet. After Charlotte died on Feb. 2, 1863, Hawker published The Quest of the Sangraal (1864) and remarried, to Pauline Anne Kuczynski, on Dec. 21 that year. His Cornish Ballads was published in 1869. Hawkins converted to Roman Catholicism before his death at 9 Lockyer St., Plymouth, on August 15, 1875. He was survived by his wife and three daughters. The photograph of Robert Stephen Hawker, at 61, taken by Dr. Richard Budd at Barnstaple in 1864, appears in C. E. Byles' The Life and Letters of R. S. Hawker (1906), opp. p. 482. See Robert Stephen Hawker: His life and writings, the authoritative online resource, edited by Angela Williams.

  • Byles, C. E. The Life and Letters of R. S. Hawker (sometime Vicar of Morwenstow). London: J. Lane, the Bodley Head, 1906. PR 4759 .H9Z48 1906 Robarts Library
  • C., W. P. "Hawker, Robert Stephen." Dictionary of National Biography. IX. 1891. 202-03.
  • Hawker, Robert Stephen. Cornish Ballads & Other Poems. Intro. by C.E. Byles. London: J. Lane, 1908. PR 4759 H9C6 1908 Robarts Library
  • --. Cornish Ballads and Other Poems: a Facsimile Reproduction of the 1869 Edition. Intro. by Kay J. Walter and Terence Allan Hoagwood. Delmar, N.Y.: Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, 1994. PR 4759 H9C6 1869a Robarts Library
  • --. Ecclesia: A Volume of Poems. Oxford: J.G. and J. Rivington, 1840. (Also 1846.) PR 4759 H9E3 Robarts Library
  • --. Echoes from Old Cornwall. London: Joseph Masters, 1846.
  • --. The Quest of the Sangraal: Chant the First. Exeter: Printed for the author, 1864. PR 4759 H9 Q8 Victoria College Library
  • --. Records of the Western Shore. Oxford: D. A. Talboys, 1832. Reprinted 1836.
  • --. Reeds Shaken with the Wind. London: James Burns, 1843 and 1844.
  • --. Selected Poems: Robert Stephen Hawker. Ed. Cecil Woolf. London: C. Woolf, 1975. PR 4759 H9A6 1975 Robarts Library
  • -- [Reuben]. Tendrils. Cheltenham: Hatchard, 1821.
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Biography
  • Edwards, Owen Dudley. "Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills (1854–1900)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Jan. 2010.