John Freeman (Georgian poet)

John Frederick Freeman, (January 29 1880 – September 23 1929), was an English poet and essayist, who gave up a successful career in insurance to write full time.

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January 29 - 1880 - September 23 - 1929 - Insurance

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He was born in London, and started as an office boy aged 13. He was a close friend of Walter de la Mare from 1907, who lobbied hard with Edward Marsh to get Freeman into the Georgian Poetry series; with eventual success. De la Mare's biographer Theresa Whistler describes him as "tall, gangling, ugly, solemn, punctilious".

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Walter de la Mare - Edward Marsh - Georgian Poetry

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He won the Hawthornden Prize in 1920 with Poems 1909-1920. His Last Hours was set to music by Ivor Gurney.

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Hawthornden Prize - Ivor Gurney

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