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'''Fabian Strachan Woodley, [[Military Cross|MC]]''' (19 July 1888 – 8 August 1957) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] poet of the [[Uranian poetry|Uranian]] school. |
'''Fabian Strachan Woodley, [[Military Cross|MC]]''' (19 July 1888 – 8 August 1957) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] poet of the [[Uranian poetry|Uranian]] school. |
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==Early life and education== |
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His only book of poetry, ''A Crown of Friendship'', was published in 1921. |
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Woodley was born in [[Bristol]], son of William Augustus Woodley, a solicitor, and the former Ada Constance Strachan. His paternal grandfather [[George Woodley]] was also a poet.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uDsJAAAAIAAJ&dq=Fabian%20Woodley&pg=PA403#v=onepage&q=Fabian%20Woodley&f=false "George Woodley"] in Leslie Stephen, ed., ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (Macmillan 1900): 403-404.</ref> Woodley was educated at [[Cheltenham College]] (1902–07) and [[University College, Oxford]] (matriculated 1907, [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] 1910). During his time at Cheltenham, he was a member of the [[Clifton Rugby Football Club]].<ref>[http://www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk/members/membersW.htm Club Members, 1872-1945], Clifton Rugby Football Club History.</ref> |
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==Career== |
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In [[World War I]] he served with the [[Royal Munster Fusiliers]] and was awarded the [[Military Cross]]) "for conspicuous gallantry".<ref>Michael MacDonagh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GfGYAAAAMAAJ&dq=Fabian%20Strachan%20Woodley&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q=Fabian%20Strachan%20Woodley&f=false ''The Irish on the Somme''] (Hodder & Stoughton 1917): 155.</ref> After the war, he taught [[English language|English]] at several schools. He also worked at the ''Somerset County Gazette''. |
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His only book of poetry, ''A Crown of Friendship'', was published in 1921.<ref>Fabian S. Woodley, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0QBnHQAACAAJ ''A Crown of Friendship''] (Woodley, Williams & Dunsford 1921).</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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Revision as of 11:19, 10 August 2016
Fabian Strachan Woodley, MC (19 July 1888 – 8 August 1957) was a British poet of the Uranian school.
Early life and education
Woodley was born in Bristol, son of William Augustus Woodley, a solicitor, and the former Ada Constance Strachan. His paternal grandfather George Woodley was also a poet.[1] Woodley was educated at Cheltenham College (1902–07) and University College, Oxford (matriculated 1907, BA 1910). During his time at Cheltenham, he was a member of the Clifton Rugby Football Club.[2]
Career
In World War I he served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers and was awarded the Military Cross) "for conspicuous gallantry".[3] After the war, he taught English at several schools. He also worked at the Somerset County Gazette.
His only book of poetry, A Crown of Friendship, was published in 1921.[4]
References
- ^ "George Woodley" in Leslie Stephen, ed., Dictionary of National Biography (Macmillan 1900): 403-404.
- ^ Club Members, 1872-1945, Clifton Rugby Football Club History.
- ^ Michael MacDonagh, The Irish on the Somme (Hodder & Stoughton 1917): 155.
- ^ Fabian S. Woodley, A Crown of Friendship (Woodley, Williams & Dunsford 1921).
External links
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