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Famous British Poets - Famous Poets from United Kingdom

This famous British poets and poems section is an educational list of poets and a source of biographical information and poetry of renown British poets. Here you will find famous poets of our time and times past from United Kingdom.

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William Wordsworth
Wordsworth, William - April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William - April 1564 – April 23, 1616
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Rudyard Kipling
Kipling, Rudyard - December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936
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William Blake
Blake, William - November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tennyson, Alfred Lord - August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892
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Christina Rossetti
Rossetti, Christina - December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894
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Pam Ayres
Ayres, Pam - March 14, 1947 – Present
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John Donne
Donne, John - 1572 – March 31, 1631
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Carol Ann Duffy
Duffy, Carol Ann - December 23, 1955 – Present
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John Keats
Keats, John - October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821
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Roger McGough
McGough, Roger - November 9, 1937 – Present
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shelley, Percy Bysshe - August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822
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Lewis Carroll
Carroll, Lewis - January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898
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Thomas Hardy
Hardy, Thomas - June 2, 1840 – January 11, 1928
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett - March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861
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George (Lord) Byron
Byron, George (Lord) - January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824
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Jane Austen
Austen, Jane - December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817
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J R R Tolkien
Tolkien, J R R - January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973
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Walter de la Mare
de la Mare, Walter - April 25, 1873 – June 22, 1956
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John Betjeman
Betjeman, John - August 28, 1906 – May 19, 1984
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Ben Jonson
Jonson, Ben - June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637
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John Milton
Milton, John - December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674
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Matthew Arnold
Arnold, Matthew - 24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh, Sir Walter - January 22, 1552 – October 29, 1618
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Edward Lear
Lear, Edward - May 12, 1812 – January 29, 1888
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G K Chesterton
Chesterton, G K - 29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936
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Robert Herrick
Herrick, Robert - August 24, 1591 – October 15, 1674
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Robert Browning
Browning, Robert - May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer, Geoffrey - 1343 – October 25, 1400
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Anne Bradstreet
Bradstreet, Anne - c. 1612 – September 16, 1672
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Robert Southey
Southey, Robert - August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843
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Emily Brontë
Brontë, Emily - July 30, 1818 — December 19, 1848
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Ted Hughes
Hughes, Ted - August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998
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Mary Shelley
Shelley, Mary - August 30, 1797 – February 1, 1851
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John Masefield
Masefield, John - June 1, 1878 - May 12, 1967
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Alexander Pope
Pope, Alexander - May 21, 1688 – May 30, 1744
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Thomas Hood
Hood, Thomas - May 23, 1799 – May 3, 1845
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Lascelles Abercrombie
Abercrombie, Lascelles - January 9, 1881 – October 27, 1938
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Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower - February 22, 1805 – Au­gust 14, 1848
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834
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Charlotte Bronte
Bronte, Charlotte - April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855
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George Eliot
Eliot, George - November 1819 – 22 December 1880
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Andrew Marvell
Marvell, Andrew - 31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678
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Aleister Crowley
Crowley, Aleister - 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
Hopkins, Gerard Manley - 28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889
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Dylan Thomas
Thomas, Dylan - October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953
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A E Housman
Housman, A E - 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936
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Philip Larkin
Larkin, Philip - August 9, 1922 – December 2, 1985
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William Cowper
Cowper, William - 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800
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Craig Charles
Charles, Craig - July 11, 1964 – Present
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Robert Seymour Bridges
Bridges, Robert Seymour - October 23, 1844 – April 21, 1930
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Dr. Seuss
Seuss, Dr. - March 2, 1904  – September 24, 1991
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Robert Graves
Graves, Robert - 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985
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John Dryden
Dryden, John - 9 August 1631 – 1 May 1700
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Laurie Lee
Lee, Laurie - June 26, 1914 – May 13, 1997
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William Morris
Morris, William - March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896
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Siegfried Sassoon
Sassoon, Siegfried - September 8, 1886 – September 1, 1967
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Richard Aldington
Aldington, Richard - July 8, 1892 – July 27, 1962
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John Clare
Clare, John - 13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864
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Helen Dunmore
Dunmore, Helen - born 12 December 1952
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Jackie Kay
Kay, Jackie - November 9, 1961 – Present
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Thomas Carew
Carew, Thomas - 1595 – 22 March 1640
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Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar, - 2nd BC – 8th Century AC
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Vernon Scannell
Scannell, Vernon - January 23, 1922 - November 16, 2007
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Sir Thomas Wyatt
Wyatt, Sir Thomas - 1503 – October 6, 1542
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Sir Philip Sidney
Sidney, Sir Philip - 30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586
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Christopher Marlowe
Marlowe, Christopher - baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593
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Sir Thomas Malory
Thomas Malory, Sir - 1405 – 1471
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Rupert Brooke
Brooke, Rupert - August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915
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Anne Kingsmill Finch
Finch, Anne Kingsmill - April 1661 – 5 August 1720
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Richard Crashaw
Crashaw, Richard - 1613 – 25 August 1649
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William Allingham
Allingham, William - March 19, 1824 or 1828 – November 18, 1889
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Anne Bronte
Bronte, Anne - January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849
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Charles Kingsley
Kingsley, Charles - 12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875
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Charlotte Turner Smith
Turner Smith, Charlotte - 4 May 1749 – 28 October 1806
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Virgil
Virgil, - October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC
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Tanwir Phool
Phool, Tanwir - born 1948
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John Hegley
Hegley, John - October 1, 1953 – Present
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Thomas Chatterton
Chatterton, Thomas - 20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770
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Les Barker
Barker, Les - born 1947
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Rg Gregory
Gregory, Rg - 1928 - present
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Kingsley Amis
Amis, Kingsley - April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995
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Pete Doherty
Doherty, Pete - born 1979
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Joseph Addison
Addison, Joseph - 1672 – 1719
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