sir john betjeman

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Definition of sir john betjeman in English English dictionary

a British poet who became Poet Laureate (=the poet employed by the Queen to write special poems on important occasions) , and who wrote many humorous poems about British society (1906-84). born Aug. 28, 1906, London, Eng. died May 19, 1984, Trebetherick, Cornwall English poet. His poetry volumes include Mount Zion (1933), High and Low (1966), and A Nip in the Air (1974), and his prose works include guidebooks to English counties and essays on places and buildings. His nostalgia for the near past, his exact sense of place, and his precise rendering of social nuance made him widely read at a time when much of what he wrote about was vanishing. From 1972 until his death he served as poet laureate of England

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sir John Bet·je·man