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The Queen presents Dean with KCVO
Wednesday, 30th October 2019
Her Majesty The Queen presented the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, with the KCVO at his farewell audience at Buckingham Palace today.
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Clive Staples Lewis
Writer, Poet and Novelist
On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, a memorial stone was unveiled to writer, scholar and poet C.S. Lewis in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey.
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Henry James
Writer and Novelist
On 17th June 1976 a memorial stone for Henry James, American born novelist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner by his great grand-nephew Alexander James, jr.
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William Wordsworth
Poet
A white marble life size figure of poet William Wordsworth is in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The figure is seated with crossed legs.
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Christopher Marlowe
Poet and Playwright
A memorial to playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe was unveiled in 2002 in the new window, by Graham Jones, in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.
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Jane Austen
Writer and Novelist
Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral but a small tablet was unveiled to her memory in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, on 17th December 1967.
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William Blake
Artist and Poet
In 1957 a larger than life size bronze bust by Epstein to the poet, painter and engraver William Blake was unveiled in Poets' Corner.
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Robert Burns
Poet and Composer
A marble bust of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns is on the wall of Poets’ Corner near memorials to Shakespeare and Scottish poet James Thomson.
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Actor
A memorial stone to the actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft was unveiled in Poets' Corner in 2005. The stone is near Laurence Olivier’s grave.
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John Roberts
Politician
Above the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer in Poets' Corner is a white marble monument to politician John Roberts. The memorial was erected in 1776.
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John Ruskin
Writer
A memorial to author and critic John Ruskin was unveiled in Poets' Corner on 8th February 1902. The bronze roundel encloses a portrait.
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Marie Celeste Hora
James Hora erected two memorials to his wife Marie Celeste - a stained glass window in Westminster Abbey and a small tablet in St Margaret's.
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Gilbert Murray
Writer
Classical scholar Gilbert Murray, renowned for his translations of Greek plays, was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey on 5th July 1957.
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Sir Walter Scott
Writer
A bust of eminent novelist Sir Walter Scott was unveiled in Poets' Corner in 1897. It was the gift of a group of Scott's admirers.
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David Herbert Lawrence
Writer, Poet and Novelist
A memorial to novelist and poet D.H. Lawrence was unveiled in Poets' Corner on 16th November 1985. It was presented by the D.H. Lawrence Society.
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Edward Lear
Artist and Writer
A memorial stone to Edward Lear, writer, artist and ornithologist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 6th June 1988 by Sir Hugh Casson.
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Connop Thirlwall
Historian and Priest/Minister
Connop Thirlwall, historian and bishop of St David’s, is buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, in the same grave as his friend George Grote.
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Dylan Thomas
Poet
A memorial stone to Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was unveiled on 1st March 1982. It lies between memorials to Lord Byron and George Eliot.
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Writer
On a pillar in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, is a white marble bust, with a brown marble base, to novelist and essayist William Makepeace Thackeray.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Poet
A memorial bust of the "poet of Australia", Adam Lindsay Gordon, was unveiled on 11th May 1934 in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.