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• Westminster Abbey Honour for Poet Philip Larkin

  Wednesday, 17th June 2015

  Westminster Abbey is to honour the poet Philip Larkin with a memorial stone to be dedicated next year.

  Philip Larkin Poets' Corner

• Abbey honours Philip Larkin with Poets’ Corner memorial

  Thursday, 1st December 2016

  A memorial to the poet Philip Larkin CH CBE was dedicated in Poets’ Corner in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on Friday 2nd December 2016.

  Memorial dedication

• Westminster Abbey Honours PG Wodehouse

  Friday, 20th September 2019

  HRH The Duke of Kent attended the dedication of a memorial stone to PG Wodehouse at Westminster Abbey on Friday 20th September 2019.

  PG Wodehouse Special Service

• Jane Austen

  Writer and Novelist

  Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral but a small tablet was unveiled to her memory in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, on 17th December 1967.

• William Blake

  Artist and Poet

  In 1957 a larger than life size bronze bust by Epstein to the poet, painter and engraver William Blake was unveiled in Poets' Corner.

• Dame Peggy Ashcroft

  Actor

  A memorial stone to the actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft was unveiled in Poets' Corner in 2005. The stone is near Laurence Olivier’s grave.

• William Benson

  Abbot and Dean

  William Benson, first Dean of Westminster, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey (in the area formerly called the chapel of St Blaize).

• William Camden

  Writer and Historian

  William Camden, author and antiquary, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. He was Head Master of Westminster School 1593-1597.

• Robert Burns

  Poet and Composer

  A marble bust of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns is on the wall of Poets’ Corner near memorials to Shakespeare and Scottish poet James Thomson.

• John Milton

  Writer and Poet

  John Milton, poet and writer, died in 1674 but his memorial in Poet's Corner was not erected until 1737. He has a memorial window in St Margaret's church.

• Barton Booth

  Actor

  In the south transept is a memorial to actor Barton Booth. There is a portrait medallion with an allegorical figure crowning him with a laurel.

• Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore

  Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, wearing, it is said, a superb bridal dress.

• Royal Ballet Founders

  Composer, Dancer and Musician

  In 2009 a memorial stone to four founders of the Royal Ballet, Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Constant Lambert and Margot Fonteyn, was unveiled.

• Nicholas Rowe

  Poet and Playwright

  Nicholas Rowe, Poet Laureate and dramatist, was buried in Poets' Corner. His monument was moved to the triforium and can be seen there.

• Nathaniel Rogers

  Doctor

  Dr Nathaniel Rogers, physician, presented a small stained glass window to Westminster Abbey. The window is in of the east aisle of the south transept.

• Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte

  Poet and Novelist

  Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte are commemorated in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Their stone tablet of Huddlestone stone was given by the Bronte Society.

• Sir John Betjeman

  Writer, Poet and Broadcaster

  On a pillar in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a memorial to Sir John Betjeman, Poet Laureate and broadcaster.

• John Roberts

  Politician

  Above the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer in Poets' Corner is a white marble monument to politician John Roberts. The memorial was erected in 1776.

• Caedmon

  Poet

  In 1966 a memorial to the early Christian poet Caedmon was unveiled in Poets' Corner. This famous Northumbrian poet died around the year A.D. 680.

• Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Writer and Poet

  The poet Robert Browning is buried in Poets' Corner. His wife, poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, is buried in Florence, but is memorialised in Westminster Abbey.