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John Masefield (1878–1967)
Masefield, John. A versatile English writer; born at Ledbury, in 1878; died in 1967. Introduced to the sailor’s life at the age of fourteen, he experienced a wide variety of adventures in literature and life, which he has set forth in pungent phrase. Among his volumes are: ‘Salt Water Ballads’; ‘A Mainsail Haul’; ‘The Tragedy of Nan’; ‘The Tragedy of Pompey the Great’; ‘The Everlasting Mercy’; ‘The Widow in the Bye Street’; ‘The Daffodil Fields’; ‘Good Friday’; ‘Gallipoli.’ (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).