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Lionel Johnson Biography and Poems

Lionel Johnson Biography and Poems. This is biographical information on Lionel Johnson, one of the best poets of all time. This biography page also provides a link to poems written by Johnson, as well as, a video biography...if available.

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Lionel Pigot Johnson (15 March 1867 - 4 October 1902) was an English poet, essayist and critic. He was born at Broadstairs, and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, graduating in 1890. He became a Catholic convert in 1891. He lived a rather solitary life in London, struggling with alcoholism and his repressed homosexuality. He died of a stroke after a fall in the street, though it was said to be a fall from a barstool.. English poet essayist and critic

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