John Betjeman
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 40 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 28,1906 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | May 19,1984 |
| Died | Trebetherick |
| United Kingdom | |
| Buried | St Enodoc Church, Trebetherick, United Kingdom |
| Albums | Late Flowering Love |
| Betjeman's Banana Blush | |
| Job | Poet |
| Screenwriter | |
| Broadcaster | |
| Education | Magdalen College |
| University of Oxford | |
| Marlborough College | |
| Movies/Shows | Summoned by Bells |
| A Passion for Churches | |
| Metro-Land | |
| Railways for Ever | |
| John Betjeman Goes by Train | |
| Metro‑Land | |
| Place of burial | St Enodoc Church, Trebetherick, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Penelope Chetwode |
| Children | Candida Lycett Green |
| Son Paul | |
| Paul Betjeman | |
| Grandchildren | Imogen Lycett Green |
| Endellion Lycett Green | |
| John Lycett Green | |
| Lucy Lycett Green | |
| David Lycett Green | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 449844 |
Trains and Buttered Toast: Selected Radio Talks
Betjeman's England
The best of Betjeman
Lovely Bits of Old England: John Betjeman at The Telegraph
Tennis Whites and Teacakes
First and last loves
Slough
Ghastly Good Taste: Or, A Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
Betjeman's Cornwall
nip in the air
A few late chrysanthemums
Church poems
Betjeman's Best British Churches
London's historic railway stations
Continual dew
Betjeman's Britain: Poems from the BBC Archives
Letters
Victorian and Edwardian London from old photographs
Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman
The Best Loved Poems of John Betjeman
The City of London Churches
A First Class Collection
An Oxford University Chest
Sweet Songs of Zion: Selected Radio Talks
Cornwall: A Shell Guide
A pictorial history of English architecture
A Ring of Bells: Poems
Collins pocket guide to English parish churches
Betjeman's London
Selected Poems
Victorian and Edwardian Cornwall from Old Photographs
Archie and the Strict Baptists
1926 to 1951
Letters: 1951 to 1984
English, Scottish and Welsh landscape
Slick but not streamlined
Mount Zion: Or In Touch with the Infinite
Still Sidmouth
English love poems
John Betjeman Letters
Coming Home
Betjeman in Miniature: Selected Poems of Sir John Betjeman
Victorian and Edwardian Oxford from Old Photographs
In praise of churches
John Betjeman: Coming Home : an Anthology of His Prose 1920-1977
Banana Blush
Betjeman: Poets for Pleasure
Betjeman Reads Betjeman
John Betjeman Collection
Summoned by Bells
Metro‑land
John Betjeman Life story
Sir John Betjeman CBE was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition.
Jim Parker: Midsomer Murders composer dies aged 88
... In a career spanning 60 years, he collaborated with comic Victoria Wood and writer Sir John Betjeman...
No 10 turned down Larkin, Auden and other poets for laureate job
... John Betjeman was one of the most popular poets...
Barry Humphries: The satirist and comedian whose life was dominated by Dame Edna Everage
... He also struck up an unlikely, but long lasting friendship with the Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman, with whom he shared a passion for both Victoriana and for Cornwall...
King Charles 50p coins struck for the first time
... " CommemorationKing Charles s portrait is the first coin design undertaken by Mr Jennings, but his public sculptures include poets John Betjeman, in St Pancras Station in London, and Philip Larkin in Hull...
King Charles: New coins featuring monarch's portrait unveiled
... King Charles s portrait is the first coin design undertaken by Martin Jennings, but his public sculptures include poets John Betjeman, in St Pancras Station in London, and Philip Larkin in Hull...
Simon Armitage pens poem on cancer pill
... He declared this piece was exactly the kind of project he had in mind when he when took on the job, which was previously undertaken by Carole Ann Duffy, Sir John Betjeman and Alfred, Lord Tennyson...
John Betjeman Photos
