John Betjeman

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:poet
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:CBE
gptkb:Companion_of_Honour
gptkb:Queen's_Gold_Medal_for_Poetry
gptkbp:birthDate 1906-08-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Highgate,_London,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Candida_Lycett_Green
gptkbp:deathDate 1984-05-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Trevose,_Cornwall,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Dragon_School
gptkb:Marlborough_College
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
prose
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Betjeman
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Philip_Larkin
gptkb:Roger_McGough
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkbp:knownFor promotion of Victorian architecture
popularising poetry
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Collected_Poems
gptkb:A_Nip_in_the_Air
gptkb:Ghastly_Good_Taste
gptkb:Summoned_by_Bells
Church Poems
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:broadcaster
gptkb:poet
gptkb:writer
journalist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Ernest_Betjeman
gptkb:Mabel_Betjeman
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Enodoc_Church,_Cornwall
gptkbp:signature John Betjeman signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Penelope_Chetwode
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Betjeman_Poetry_Prize
biographies
BBC Radio 4 programmes
BBC documentary
statue at St Pancras railway station
gptkbp:termEnd 1984
gptkbp:termStart 1972
gptkbp:title gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3