Herbert Edward Palmer Explained

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Birth Date:10 February 1880
Birth Place:Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, UK
Occupation:Poet, literary critic
Alma Mater:Woodhouse Grove School
Birmingham University
Bonn University
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Herbert Edward Palmer (10 February 1880 – 17 May 1961) was an English poet and literary critic.[1] [2]

He was born in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, and educated at Woodhouse Grove School, Birmingham University and Bonn University. Before becoming a full-time writer and journalist in 1921, he led an itinerant life in teaching, tutoring, and lecturing, working in particular for the W.E.A.; and spending many years in France and Germany. He encouraged the young John Gawsworth. He introduced C. S. Lewis and Ruth Pitter in 1945/6.

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  1. Book: George Watson. Ian R. Willison. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. 1969. CUP Archive. clxxxiii. GGKEY:64CF45KC7C0.
  2. Web site: Herbert Edward Palmer, McMaster Libraries. 15 December 2015.