J. D. C. Pellow
John Dynham Cornish Pellow MBE (1890–1960) was an English poet and civil servant.
Life[]
Pellow was born in London, where his father, William Pellow, was a civil servant. He wrote poetry throughout his life.
Professionally, Pellow followed in his father's footsteps and joined the National Health Insurance Commission in 1908. In 1913, he was promoted, and eventually reached the rank of Senior Executive Officer.[1] On his retirement in 1950, he was awarded an MBE.[2]
Poetry[]
Poems by Pellow were included in the Georgian Poetry anthologies for 1918–1919 and 1920–1922[3] and also in several later anthologies:
- Thomas Caldwell (1922), The Golden Book of Modern English Poetry
- J. C. Squire (1927), Selections from Modern Poets Complete Edition
- J. C. Squire (1932), Younger Poets of To-day
- Eric Gillett (1932), Poets of Our Time
- Harold Monro (1933), Twentieth Century Poetry
- The Golden Treasury, with additional poems (1941), Oxford University Press
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Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1960 deaths
- Civil servants from London
- English male poets
- Writers from London
- 20th-century English poets
- 20th-century English male writers
- Members of the Order of the British Empire