What is John Betjeman?
{{unsourced|date=August 2014}} [[File:St Pancras Station 02.JPG|thumb|The statue of Betjeman at St Pancras Station]] '''John Betjeman''' (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was a [[English people|English]] poet. He was [[Poet Laureate]] known for his light [[humor]]ous verse. One of his most famous poems was about [[Slough]], a town in [[Berkshire]]. It begins with the [[rhyme]]: :'Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough :It isn't fit for humans now...' Betjeman was born in [[Highgate]], [[London]]. He studied at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]]. In 1933 he married Penelope Chetwode; they separated in the late 1940s. The couple's son, Paul was born in 1937. Their daughter was [[Candida Lycett Green]] (1942–2014). Betjeman's [[domestic partner|partner]] from 1951 until his death was [[Lady Elizabeth Cavendish]]. Betjeman died of [[Parkinson's disease]] in [[Trebetherick]], [[Cornwall]]. He was replaced as Poet Laureate by [[Ted Hughes]]. Betjeman was also known as an architectural and cultural critic. He is buried at St Enodoc in Cornwall, near Trebetherick. {{bio-stub}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Betjeman, John}} [[Category:1906 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:British poets laureate]] [[Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in England]] [[Category:English Anglicans]] [[Category:English poets]] [[Category:Writers from London]] [[Category:People from Highgate]]