# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-masefield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:20:32.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-masefield"
name: "John Masefield"
slug: "john-masefield"
description: "John Edward Masefield, OM was an English poet and writer. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967, during which time he lived at Burcot, Oxfordshire, near Abingdon-on-Thames. Among his best known works are the children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems \"The Everlasting Mercy\" and \"Sea-Fever\". Shortly after his death his house burned down and was later replaced by a Cheshire Home named after him."
tagline: "English poet and writer (1878–1967)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1878-06-01"
deathDate: "1967-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump