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Gavin Bone (poet)

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Gavin Bone
Portrait of Gavin Bone by his father Sir Muirhead Bone as presented in Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1942)
BornOctober 1907
Hampstead, England
Died1942
Northwich, England
OccupationPoet, academic
Notable works
  • Beowulf: In Modern Verse
  • Anglo-Saxon poetry: An essay with specimen translations in verse
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Gavin David Bone was a scholar and poet most notable for his translations of Old English poetry. After reading English at St John's College, Oxford, he was appointed a tutor then fellow of the College.[1] His essays and poems were published posthumously in Anglo-Saxon Poetry (1943) and Beowulf (1945) following his death in 1942 from tuberculosis.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Anglo-Saxon Poetry: An Essay with Specimen Translations in Verse (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1943)
  • Beowulf, in Modern Verse with an Essay and Pictures (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1945)

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