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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2017
Sunday, 23rd July 2017
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2017: God in the dock ‘All rise!’, the voice shouts across the room; and the judge with wig and gown moves.
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Poets of the First World War
Poet and Soldier
Sixteen poets of the Great War (World War I) are remembered on this memorial. None of the poets are actually buried in the Abbey.
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Christopher Anstey
Writer and Poet
On a pillar in Poets’ Corner is a marble tablet to Christopher Anstey, by sculptor Charles Horwell, put up by his son John.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022
Sunday, 13th February 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022: “What will you be satisfied with?” Last year was the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Florentine.
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Elizabeth Corbett and Mildred Hotham
On the north wall of St Margaret's is a tablet to Elizabeth Corbett and Lady Mildred Hotham. The epitaph verses were composed by Alexander Pope.
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Peter Birch
Priest/Minister
Peter Birch, clergyman, and his wife Martha are buried in the south transept. Martha has a white marble Baroque wall tablet near Chaucer's tomb.
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Thomas Campbell
Writer and Poet
Poet and writer Thomas Campbell is buried in Poets' Corner. He has a life sized marble statue near Shakespeare's memorial, by sculptor W. Calder Marshall.
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Samuel Butler
Poet
In Poets' Corner is a memorial to satirist Samuel Butler. This was originally floor standing but was reduced and moved up onto the wall.
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Robert Adam
Architect
In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the celebrated Scottish architect Robert Adam. The stone was re-cut in 1974.
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Aphra Behn
Writer and Poet
The poet, writer and dramatist Aphra (Astrea or Aphara) Behn (1640?-1689) was buried in the east cloister, near the steps up into the church.
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Zachary Macaulay
Statesman and Abolitionist
Zachary Macaulay has a life size bust in the nave. He was a member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
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Matthew Baillie
Physician and Doctor
A life sized marble bust of physician Matthew Baillie is in St Andrew's chapel. It is by sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey and is dated 1827.
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Alexander Pope
Writer and Poet
A memorial to poet and critic Alexander Pope was inserted in the stained glass window in Poets' Corner and was unveiled on 7th June 1994.
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Elizabeth Herrick
In St Margaret's is a modern painted wooden tablet to Elizabeth Herrick, which replaced one which had disappeared from the church in the 18th century.
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Wystan Hugh Auden
Writer and Poet
A memorial stone for W.H. Auden, poet and essayist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 2nd October 1974.
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Hugh Arnold-Forster
Writer, Politician, Statesman and Lawyer
On the south wall of St Margaret's is a tablet, with a head in relief, to the memory of Hugh Arnold-Forster, politician, lawyer and author.
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Frederick Denison Maurice
Writer
A white marble bust to theologian and Christian socialist Frederick Denison Maurice stood for many years on the west window sill of St George's chapel.
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George Herbert
Poet
In St George's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a two light stained glass window to the memory of poets George Herbert and William Cowper.
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James Rumsey
Scientist and Engineer
In St Margaret's Church is a tablet in memory of James Rumsey, West Virginia, inventor, who was buried in the churchyard on 24th December 1792.
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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.