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He served in the [[Royal Air Force]]. John graduated from [[Cambridge University]]<ref name="ldn">[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19910613&id=AA1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o1UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1887,5828488 "Christian Science Lecture Scheduled for Monday"] ''Ludington Daily News'', Ludington, Michigan (June 13, 1991). Retrieved November 19, 2013</ref> where he was boxing team captain and a [[Blue (university sport)|"light blue"]], and was a British amateur [[heavyweight]] boxing champion. For more than 40 years, poems and essays by John were published in the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''.<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0724/p22s02-hfpo.html "Thanks awfully"] ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' (July 24, 2003). Retrieved November 19, 2013</ref> |
He served in the [[Royal Air Force]]. John graduated from [[Cambridge University]]<ref name="ldn">[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19910613&id=AA1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o1UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1887,5828488 "Christian Science Lecture Scheduled for Monday"] ''Ludington Daily News'', Ludington, Michigan (June 13, 1991). Retrieved November 19, 2013</ref> where he was boxing team captain and a [[Blue (university sport)|"light blue"]], and was a British amateur [[heavyweight]] boxing champion. For more than 40 years, poems and essays by John were published in the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''.<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0724/p22s02-hfpo.html "Thanks awfully"] ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' (July 24, 2003). Retrieved November 19, 2013</ref> |
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Godfrey John moved to the United States in 1958, where he lived and worked |
Godfrey John moved to the United States in 1958, where he lived and worked and received a first award from the [[Academy of American Poets]].<ref>Biographical notes, back cover. ''Five Seasons'' (1977)</ref> He taught English at several colleges in the United States,<ref name="ldn" /> and later worked as an arts critic for the ''Christian Science Monitor''. He became a [[Christian Science practitioner|public practitioner of Christian Science]].<ref name="css">Kim Shippey, [http://sentinel.christianscience.com/issues/2005/9/107-38/writing-a-kind-of-prayer "Writing...a kind of prayer"] ''Christian Science Sentinel'' (September 19, 2005). Retrieved November 19, 2013 {{subscription required}}</ref> In 1970, he moved to Canada, where he became a dual citizen (Canadian and British). In Canada, he also became a Christian Science teacher and served briefly on the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. For many years he was also active as a voluntary [[Probation_officer#Parole_officers_in_Canada|probation and parole officer]]. |
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Godfrey John was born and grew up in Wales. He was a poet and teacher of Christian Science.
He served in the Royal Air Force. John graduated from Cambridge University[1] where he was boxing team captain and a "light blue", and was a British amateur heavyweight boxing champion. For more than 40 years, poems and essays by John were published in the Christian Science Monitor.[2]
Godfrey John moved to the United States in 1958, where he lived and worked and received a first award from the Academy of American Poets.[3] He taught English at several colleges in the United States,[1] and later worked as an arts critic for the Christian Science Monitor. He became a public practitioner of Christian Science.[4] In 1970, he moved to Canada, where he became a dual citizen (Canadian and British). In Canada, he also became a Christian Science teacher and served briefly on the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. For many years he was also active as a voluntary probation and parole officer.
Publications
Godfrey John was widely published in the Christian Science periodicals. He published a collection of poems and essays in the books Five Seasons (Foursquare Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977) and Compassion Wins (Thomson-Shore, Inc., Dexter, Michigan, 2001).[4] Some of his poems are in the Welsh cywydd form.
References
- ^ a b "Christian Science Lecture Scheduled for Monday" Ludington Daily News, Ludington, Michigan (June 13, 1991). Retrieved November 19, 2013
- ^ "Thanks awfully" Christian Science Monitor (July 24, 2003). Retrieved November 19, 2013
- ^ Biographical notes, back cover. Five Seasons (1977)
- ^ a b Kim Shippey, "Writing...a kind of prayer" Christian Science Sentinel (September 19, 2005). Retrieved November 19, 2013 (subscription required)