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Andrew Motion

Sir Andrew Motion FRSL (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work. In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural…

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Occupation
Poet
Alma mater
University College, Oxford
Education
Radley College
Born
(1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 73) London, England
Children
3
Monarch
Elizabeth II

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