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Betjeman, Sir John (1906–1984)
Maker: Sir Cecil Beaton
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Betjeman, Sir John (1906–1984), poet, writer, and broadcaster courtier
Kingsley Amis
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Betjeman, Sir John (1906–1984), poet, writer, and broadcaster, was born on 28 August 1906 at 52 Parliament Hill Mansions, north London, the only child of Ernest Edward Betjemann (1872–1934), a furniture manufacturer, and his wife, Mabel Bessie Dawson (1879–1952). The family name, of Dutch or German origin, can be traced back to an immigration in the late eighteenth century. The poet adopted his style of it about the age of twenty-one....
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Robinson, John Ebdon [known as John Ebdon] (1923–2005), planetarium director and broadcaster
Patrick Moore
Robinson, John Ebdon [known as John Ebdon] (1923–2005), planetarium director and broadcaster, was born on 22 December 1923 at Durham House, 102 Crouch Hill, London, the son of William Ewart Robinson, export and import merchant, of 109 rue du Relais, Ixelles, Brussels...