John Betjeman
English poet, writer and broadcaster (1906-1984) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 77
Sir John Betjeman was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and first president of The Hackney Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition.
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The John Betjeman Centre Memorabilia Room showing the office from his home in Trebetherick
Betjeman's house in Cloth Fair in the City of London, marked with a blue plaque (August 2007)
John Betjeman's gravestone by Simon Verity
Betjeman Statue at St Pancras station
John Betjeman reads William Norton's Petition to Save Lewisham Town Hall, 1961
Memorial window at All Saints Church, Farnborough, by John Piper
Betjeman Millennium ParkAwards
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He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.
