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GILBERT WHITE was born in his grandfather’s vicarage at Selborne, Hampshire, in 1720 and was educated by the Poet Laureate Thomas Wharton before studying at Oriel College, Oxford. He was awarded his…

ADAM THORPE was born in Paris in 1956. His first collection of poetry, Mornings in the Baltic, was published in 1988 and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award. His first novel, Ulverton,…

HENRY WILLIAMSON (1895 - 1977) was born in Brockley, south-east London. After leaving school he enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade and served as a private in the Flanders trenches, where he…

JOHN WYATT (1925 - 2006) was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire, son of a cotton mill overseer. He left school when he was 15 and worked as a copy boy in the Manchester…

EDWARD THOMAS (1878 - 1917) was born in London of Welsh descent. He was educated at Battersea Grammar School, St Paul’s School and Lincoln College, Oxford. From 1906 he lived with his…