Name Fabian Woodley | Role Poet | |
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Died August 8, 1957, Winchester, United Kingdom Education |
Fabian Strachan Woodley, MC (19 July 1888 – 8 August 1957) was a British poet of the Uranian school.
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Early life and education
Woodley was born in Bristol, son of William Augustus Woodley, a solicitor, and the former Ada Constance Strachan. His paternal grandfather George Woodley was also a poet. Woodley was educated at Cheltenham College (1902–07) and University College, Oxford (matriculated 1907, BA 1910). During his time at Cheltenham, he was a member of the Clifton Rugby Football Club.
Career
In World War I he served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers and was awarded the Military Cross) "for conspicuous gallantry". After the war, he taught English at several schools. He also worked at the Somerset County Gazette.
His only book of poetry, A Crown of Friendship, was published in 1921.