Poet Andrew Motion

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Andrew Motion

Living place: England

Birthday: 26-10-1952 (72 years old)

Population of the world 1952: 2.635 billions

Global rank: #81260

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Poet Andrew Motion profile

Who is Poet Andrew Motion?
British poet, author, author of the Online Poetry Archive, and the UK Poet Laureate 1999-2009. His many collections of poetry include the steam train Pleasure, Autobiography Secret, and The Cinder Path.
His mother suffered a severe head injury from a horseback riding accident and remained somewhat comatose and paralyzed until her death nine years later.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was born in London to Gillian Bakewell and Richard Motion, and he began boarding school at the age of seven. He later studied at Radley College and University College, Oxford.

Family life info

He married and divorced both Joanna Powell and Jan Dalley. With Dalley, he had two sons and a daughter.

Close relationship

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He studied with W. H. Auden at University College, Oxford.

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When was Poet Andrew Motion born?
Andrew Motion birthday 26-10-1952 (at the age of 72).
Where is Poet Andrew Motion's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Andrew Motion was born in England. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Andrew Motion's global rank is 81260 and whose rank is 840 in list of famous Poet. Population of the world in 1952 is about 2.635 billions persons.
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Events in 1952 and 26-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Andrew Motion

  • George VI of England dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (Feb. 6).
  • NATO conference approves European army (Feb.).
  • King Farouk of Egypt is ousted by a military coup (July 23). General Mohammed Naguib assumes power.
  • Britain announces its development of atomic weapons (Oct.). Background: nuclear weapons
  • Greece and Turkey join NATO.

Birthday Andrew Motion (26-10) in history

  • Day 26-10 year 1774: The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Day 26-10 year 1825: The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened.
  • Day 26-10 year 1881: Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
  • Day 26-10 year 1975: Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.
  • Day 26-10 year 1979: South Korean president Park Chung Hee was killed by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
  • Day 26-10 year 1994: Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.
  • Day 26-10 year 2002: Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed.
  • Day 26-10 year 2005: The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.
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