Edward Thomas
British poet and journalist (1878-1917) · Writers · Died at 39
Philip Edward Thomas was a British writer of English poetry and prose. He is sometimes considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences.
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Thomas at 3 years old
Thomas as a student in 1899
His memorial stone near Steep
Adlestrop bus shelter with the station sign. Thomas immortalised the (now-abandoned) railway station at Adlestrop in a poem of that name after his train made a stop at the Cotswolds station on 24 June 1914
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He only started writing poetry at the age of 36, but by that time he had already been a prolific critic, biographer, nature writer and travel writer for two decades. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the First World War and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917, soon after he arrived in France. Thomas is known for his poem "Adlestrop" (1917).
