Editing Poets' Corner (section)

==Memorials==
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|-
! class="unsortable"| Image
! Name
! Born
! Died
! Age at death
! Year<br>commemorated
! class="unsortable"| Details of<br>memorial
! class="unsortable"| Occupation
|-
| [[File:Statue of Joseph Addison, Westminster Abbey 03.jpg|100px]]
| [[Joseph Addison]]
| 1672
| 1719
| 47
| 1809
| Statue by [[Richard Westmacott]]. Addison is buried elsewhere in the Abbey.
| Poet and essayist
|-
| [[File:Christopher Anstey with his daughter by William Hoare.jpg|100px]]
| [[Christopher Anstey]]
| 1724
| 1805
| 80
| 1807
| Marble wall tablet<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/christopher-anstey#i13040|title=Christopher Anstey|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
| Poet and author
|-
| [[File:Bust of Matthew Arnold, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Matthew Arnold]]
| 1822
| 1888
| 65
| 1989
| Memorial bust of 1891 in the east aisle of Poets' Corner by [[Albert Bruce-Joy]]. There is also a 1989 limestone and slate plaque honouring Arnold, by Donald Buttress, in Poets' Corner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/thomas-and-matthew-arnold#:~:text=His%20son%20Matthew%2C%20poet%20and,is%20inscribed%20on%20the%20bust.|title=Thomas and Matthew Arnold|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Actrice Peggy Ashcroft op Schiphol voor optreden in Stadsschouwburg, Bestanddeelnr 914-0309.jpg|100px]]
| [[Peggy Ashcroft]]
| 1907
| 1991
| 83
| 2005
| Floor stone
| Actress
|-
| [[File:AudenVanVechten1939.jpg|100px]]
| [[W. H. Auden]]
| 1907
| 1973
| 66
| 1974
| Floor stone
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Jane Austen, Poets' Corner.jpg|100px]]
| [[Jane Austen]]
| 1775
| 1817
| 41
| 1967
| Wall tablet
| Author
|-
| [[File:Memorial to John Betjeman, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Betjeman]]
| 1906
| 1984
| 77
| 1996
| Marble wall tablet<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-john-betjeman#i12744|title=Sir John Betjeman|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
| Poet and author
|-
| [[File:Bronze bust of William Blake, Westminster Abbey 01.jpg|100px]]
| [[William Blake]]
| 1757
| 1827
| 69
| 1957
| Bronze memorial bust by [[Jacob Epstein]], 1957<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/william-blake#i2415|title=William Blake|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=6 September 2022}}</ref>
| Poet and artist
|-
| ...
| [[Barton Booth]]
| 1681
| 1733
| 51–52
| 1772
| Monument
| Actor
|-
| [[File:Charlotte Brontë Richmond cropped.tif|100px]]
| [[Charlotte Brontë]]
| 1816
| 1855
| 38
| 1947
| Memorial tablet
| Author
|-
| [[File:Anne Brontë by Patrick Branwell Brontë restored.jpg|100px]]
| [[Anne Brontë]]
| 1820
| 1849
| 29
| 1947
| Memorial tablet
| Author
|-
| [[File:Emily Brontë by Patrick Branwell Brontë restored.jpg|100px]]
| [[Emily Brontë]]
| 1818
| 1848
| 30
| 1947
| Memorial tablet
| Author
|-
| [[File:Robert & Elizabeth Barrett Browning memorial, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]]
| 1806
| 1861
| 55
| 1906
| Inscription added to Robert Browning's gravestone in 1906<ref name="Browning"/>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Frances d'Arblay ('Fanny Burney') by Edward Francisco Burney.jpg|100px]]
| [[Frances Burney|Fanny Burney]]
| 1752
| 1840
| 87
| 2002
| Panel on Hubbard memorial window
| Author and playwright
|-
| [[File:Bust of Robert Burns, Westminster Abbey 02.jpg|100px]]
| [[Robert Burns]]
| 1759
| 1796
| 37
| 1885
| Marble memorial bust by [[John Steell]]. Unveiled 7 March 1885 by [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|the Earl of Rosebery]].<ref>''The Times'', 9 March 1885</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/robert-burns |title= Robert Burns |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date= 2 September 2022}}</ref>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Bust of Samuel Butler, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Samuel Butler (poet)|Samuel Butler]]
| 1612
| 1680
| 68
| 1721
| Memorial bust thought to be by [[John Michael Rysbrack]]; Butler is buried at St Paul's, Covent Garden.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/samuel-butler#i13011 |title= Samuel Butler |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date= 12 October 2022}}</ref>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Byron 1813 by Phillips.jpg|100px]]
| [[Lord Byron|George, Lord Byron]]
| 1788
| 1824
| 36
| 1969
| Floor stone
| Poet
|-
| [[File:MemorialToCaedmon(RichardThomas)Jul2006.jpg|100px]]
| [[Cædmon]]
| fl.657
| fl.680
| unknown
| 1966
| Floor stone
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Monument to John Campbell, Duke of Argyll, Westminster Abbey 02.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll]]
| 1678
| 1743
| 64
| 1749
| Monument by [[Louis-Francois Roubiliac]], erected 1749, with figures representing History, Eloquence and Minerva. The Duke is buried elsewhere in the Abbey.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/john-campbell-2nd-duke-of-argyll#i12849 |title= John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date= 12 September 2022}}</ref>
| Soldier and nobleman
|-
| [[File:Lewis Carroll 1863.jpg|100px]]
| [[Lewis Carroll]]
| 1832
| 1898
| 65
| 1982
| Floor stone
| Author
|-
| [[File:John Clare.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Clare]]
| 1793
| 1864
| 70
| 1989
| Floor stone
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Bust of Coleridge, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]
| 1772
| 1834
| 61
| 1885
| Memorial bust by [[Hamo Thornycroft]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/samuel-taylor-coleridge#i13886 |title= Samuel Taylor Coleridge |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date= 9 September 2022}}</ref>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:George Eliot at 30 by François D'Albert Durade.jpg|100px]]
| [[George Eliot]]
| 1819
| 1880
| 61
| 1980
| Floor stone
| Author
|-
| [[File:T.S. Eliot, 1923.JPG|100px]]
| [[T. S. Eliot]]
| 1888
| 1965
| 76
| 1967
| Floor stone
| Poet and playwright
|-
| [[File:David Frost Rumsfeld interview cropped.jpg|100px]]
| [[David Frost]]
| 1939
| 2013
| 74
| 2014
| Floor stone<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir David Frost's memorial at Westminster's Poets' Corner |publisher=BBC News |date=13 March 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26560669 |access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref>
| Journalist, comedian, writer and media personality
|-
| [[File:Elizabeth Gaskell 1832.jpg|100px]]
| [[Elizabeth Gaskell]]
| 1810
| 1865
| 55
| 2010
| Panel on Hubbard memorial window
| Novelist
|-
| [[File:JG-Benedick-1959.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Gielgud]]
| 1904
| 2000
| 96
| 2022
| Floor stone
| Actor and director
|-
| [[File:Oliver Goldsmith by Sir Joshua Reynolds.jpg|100px]]
| [[Oliver Goldsmith]]
| 1728
| 1774
| 45
| 1776
| Memorial tablet and bust
| Poet and playwright
|-
| [[File:Bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon, Westminster Abbey 01.jpg|100px]]
| [[Adam Lindsay Gordon]]
| 1833
| 1870
| 36
| 1934
| Memorial bust by [[Kathleen Scott]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/adam-lindsay-gordon|title=Adam Lindsay Gordon|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Monument to John Ernest Grabe, Westminster Abbey 01.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Ernest Grabe]]
| 1666
| 1711
| 44–45
| 1727
| Monument by [[Francis Bird]] on the west wall of Poets' Corner erected 1726<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/john-ernest-grabe#i15186|title=John Ernest Grabe |website=Westminster Abbey|access-date= 9 September 2022}}</ref>
| Priest and theologian
|-
| [[File:PortraitThomasGrayByJohnGilesEccart1747to1748.jpg|100px]]
| [[Thomas Gray]]
| 1716
| 1771
| 54
| 1778
| Monument
| Poet and historian
|-
| [[File:Stephen Hales.jpg|100px]]
| [[Stephen Hales]]
| 1677
| 1761
| 83
| 1761
| Monument
| Priest and scientist
|-
| [[File:Robert Herrick 1591-1674.jpg|100px]]
| [[Robert Herrick (poet)|Robert Herrick]]
| 1591
| 1674
| 83
| 1994
| Panel on Hubbard memorial window
| Poet
|-
| [[File:GerardManleyHopkins.jpg|100px]]
| [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]]
| 1844
| 1889
| 44
| 1975
| Floor stone
| Poet
|-
| 
| [[Alfred Edward Housman|A. E. Housman]]
| 1859
| 1936
| 77
| 1996
| Panel on Hubbard memorial window
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Poet Ted HughesDCP 2068.JPG|100px]]
| [[Ted Hughes]]
| 1930
| 1998
| 68
| 2011
| Floor stone at the foot of that for [[T. S. Eliot]], one of his main influences
| Poet
|-
| [[File:HenryJamesPhotograph.png|100px]]
| [[Henry James]]
| 1843
| 1916
| 72
| 1976
| Floor stone
| Author
|-
| [[File:Ben Jonson memorial, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Ben Jonson]]
| 1572
| 1637
| 65
| 1723
| Memorial with portrait medallion and masks designed by [[James Gibbs]] and carved by [[John Michael Rysbrack]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/ben-jonson#i14372 |title= Ben Jonson |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date= 12 October 2022}}</ref>
| Playwright and poet
|-
| [[File:John Keats by William Hilton.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Keats]]
| 1795
| 1821
| 25
| 1954
| Mural tablet
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Bust of John Keble, Westminster Abbey, London.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Keble]]
| 1792
| 1866
| 73
| 1873
| Bust by [[Thomas Woolner]]
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Bust of Charles Kingsley, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Charles Kingsley]]
| 1819
| 1875
| 55
| 1875
| Bust by [[Thomas Woolner]]
| Author
|-
| [[File:Philip Larkin memorial floorstone, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Philip Larkin]]
| 1922
| 1985
| 63
| 2016
| Floor stone. The stone was inscribed with the final two lines from "[[An Arundel Tomb]]": <blockquote>Our almost-instinct almost true:<br />What will survive of us is love.<ref name="Poets Corner"/></blockquote>
| Poet and novelist
|-
| [[File:DH Lawrence floorstone in Poets Corner.jpg|100px]]
| [[D. H. Lawrence]]
| 1885
| 1930
| 44
| 1985
| Floor stone
| Author and poet
|-
| [[File:Edward Lear floorstone, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Edward Lear]]
| 1812
| 1888
| 75
| 1988
| Floor stone
| Author and poet
|-
|[[File:C.S. Lewis memorial, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[C. S. Lewis]]
| 1898
| 1963
| 64
| 2013
| Floor stone. The dedication service, at noon on 22 November 2013, included a reading from ''[[The Last Battle]]'' by [[Douglas Gresham]], younger stepson of Lewis. Flowers were laid by [[Walter Hooper]], trustee and literary advisor to the Lewis Estate. An address was delivered by former Archbishop of Canterbury [[Rowan Williams]]. The floor stone inscription is a quotation from an address by Lewis: "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it but because by it I see everything else."<ref>{{cite book|title=A service to dedicate a memorial to C. S. Lewis, writer, scholar, apologist|publisher=Westminster Abbey|year=2013}}</ref>
| Author
|-
| [[File:Jenny Lind memorial, Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Jenny Lind]]
| 1820
| 1887
| 67
| 1894
| Wall tablet. "A medallion portrait of the famous singer – the last work of the late [[Charles Bell Birch|Mr Birch]] – has been placed in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, and was yesterday unveiled by the [[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom|Princess Christian]]."<ref>''The Times'', 21 April 1894</ref>
| Opera singer
|-
| [[File:Bust of Longfellow, Poets' Corner.jpg|100px]]
| [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]
| 1807
| 1882
| 75
| 1884
| Marble bust by [[Thomas Brock]], unveiled 1 March 1884.<ref>''The Times'', 2 November 1992, p. 6; 26 February 1884, p. 10; 3 March 1884, p. 8</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/henry-wadsworth-longfellow|title=Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Frederic William Maitland by Beatrice Lock (Mrs Fripp).jpg|100px]]
| [[F. W. Maitland]]
| 1850
| 1906
| 56
| 2001
| Floor stone
| Historian
|-
| [[File:Christopher Marlowe.jpg|100px]]
| [[Christopher Marlowe]] ([[Marlowe portrait|disputed portrait]])
| 1564
| 1593
| 29
| 2002
| Panel on Hubbard memorial window
| Playwright and poet
|-
| [[File:William Mason memorial, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[William Mason (poet)|William Mason]]
| 1724
| 1797
| 72–73
| 1799
| Memorial, by [[John Bacon (sculptor, born 1740)|John Bacon]], in the east aisle of Poets' Corner
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Bust of Frederick Dension Maurice, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[F. D. Maurice]]
| 1805
| 1872
| 66
| 1932
| Bust in east aisle of Poets' Corner by [[Thomas Woolner]]
| Author
|-
| ...
| [[Thomas May]]
| 1595
| 1650
| 54–56
| 1880
| Wall stone
| Poet and playwright
|-
| [[File:Monument to John Milton, Westminster Abbey 03.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Milton]]
| 1608
| 1674
| 65
| 1737
| Monument with bust by [[John Michael Rysbrack]]
| Poet and author
|-
| [[File:John Philips from NPG.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Philips]]
| 1676
| 1709
| 32
| 1710
| Monument
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Alexander Pope by Michael Dahl.jpg|100px]]
| [[Alexander Pope]]
| 1688
| 1744
| 56
| 1994
| Panel on Hubbard memorial window
| Poet
|-
| [[File:John Pringle.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Pringle (physician)|John Pringle]]
| 1707
| 1782
| 74
| ...
| Monument
| Military physician
|-
| [[File:Hannah Pritchard.jpg|100px]]
| [[Hannah Pritchard]]
| 1711
| 1768
| 56–57
| ...
| Monument. Later moved to the triforium.
| Actress
|-
| [[File:John Ruskin plaque, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[John Ruskin]]
| 1819
| 1900
| 80
| 1902
| Portrait roundel in bronze by [[Edward Onslow Ford]]. Unveiled 8 February 1902, after a controversy over whether Ruskin felt monuments like this wasted money and disfigured a building's architectural unity.<ref>[[Sydney C. Cockerell]] letter to ''The Times'', 22 August 1900; ''The Times'', 7 February 1902, p. 9; 10 February 1902, p. 8</ref>
| Poet and art critic
|-
| [[File:Bust of Walter Scott, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Walter Scott]]
| 1771
| 1832
| 61
| 1897
| Bust by the Scottish sculptor [[John Hutchison (sculptor)|John Hutchison]], "a beautifully executed copy of the famous [[Francis Chantrey|Chantrey]] bust at [[Abbotsford House|Abbotsford]]".<ref>''The Times'', 22 May 1897, p. 16</ref>
| Author and poet
|-
| [[File:Thomas Shadwell from NPG.jpg|100px]]
| [[Thomas Shadwell]]
| c.1642
| 1692
| ~50
| c.1700
| Monument
| Poet and playwright
|-
| [[File:Shakespeare memorial, Poets' Corner.jpg|100px]]
| [[William Shakespeare]]
| 1564
| 1616
| 52
| 1740
| Statue with surround designed by [[William Kent]] and carved by [[Peter Scheemakers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/william-shakespeare|title=William Shakespeare |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
| Playwright and poet
|-
| [[File:Grsharp.jpg|100px]]
| [[Granville Sharp]]
| 1735
| 1813
| 77
| 1816
| Monument
| Slavery abolitionist
|-
| [[File:Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Curran, 1819.jpg|100px]]
| [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]
| 1792
| 1822
| 29
| 1954
| Mural tablet
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Robert Southey memorial, Westminster Abbey.jpg|100px]]
| [[Robert Southey]]
| 1774
| 1843
| 68
| 1845
| Marble memorial bust with surround by [[Henry Weekes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/robert-southey#i14793|title=Robert Southey|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:Bust of Thackeray, Westminster Abbey 01.jpg|100px]]
| [[William Makepeace Thackeray]]
| 1811
| 1863
| 52
| 1865
| Marble bust by [[Carlo Marochetti]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/william-makepeace-thackeray |title=William Makepeace Thackeray|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>
| Author
|-
| [[File:James Thomson memorial, Westminster Abbey 01.jpg|100px]]
| [[James Thomson (poet, born 1700)|James Thomson]]
| 1700
| 1748
| 47
| 1762
| Sculpture group designed by [[Robert Adam]] and carved by Michael Spring<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/james-thomson#i14420 |title=James Thomson|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
| Poet and playwright
|-
| [[File:Dylan Swansea.jpg|100px]]
| [[Dylan Thomas]]
| 1914
| 1953
| 39
| 1982
| [[:File:Dylan Thomas floorstone, Westminster Abbey.jpg|Floor stone]]
| Poet and author
|-
| [[File:Sarony, Napoleon (1821-1896) - Trollope, Anthony (1815-1882).jpg|100px]]
| [[Anthony Trollope]]
| 1815
| 1882
| 67
| 1993
| Floor stone
| Author
|-
| [[File:William Vincent by GP Harding after William Owen.jpg|100px]]
| [[William Vincent (priest)|William Vincent]]
| 1739
| 1815
| 76
| c.1815<ref>"Yesterday morning, at half-past eleven o'clock, the remains of Dr. VINCENT, the Dean of Westminster, were interred in a private manner, at the back of DRYDEN's monument." ''[[The Times]]'', 30 December 1815, p. 3</ref> 1
| Monument
| Dean of Westminster
|-
| [[File:Oscar Wilde by Sarony 1882 01.jpg|100px]]
| [[Oscar Wilde]]
| 1854
| 1900
| 46
| 1995
| Panel on Hubbard memorial window
| Playwright and author
|-
| [[File:Statue of William Wordsworth, Poets' Corner.jpg|100px]]
| [[William Wordsworth]]
| 1770
| 1850
| 80
| 1854
| Statue by [[Frederick Thrupp]] erected 1854.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/william-wordsworth#i13676 |title= William Wordsworth |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date= 15 August 2022}}</ref>
| Poet
|-
| [[File:James Wyatt.JPG|100px]]
| [[James Wyatt]]
| 1746
| 1813
| 67
| ...
| Monument
| Architect
|-
|}