John Masefield (English poet and writer)
- John Edward Masefield
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- Masefield, John
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- Male
- Date of birth
- 1878-06-01
- Place of birth
- Ledbury
- Date of death
- 1967-05-12
- Place of death
- Abingdon-on-Thames
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John Edward Masefield (; 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.
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