Tom Lovatt-Williams
Tom Lovatt-Williams, often known as T. Lovatt Williams, (28 May 1897 – 22 September 1986) was an English poet and writer about railways and nature topics. His career began on the railways and having gained an engineering apprenticeship at Crewe, he became Works Manager at various places on the LNWR system, and later the LMS. He was Manager at Wolverton Carriage and Wagon Works before he retired at an early age when nationalisation of the railways took place. His best-known poem, "Oxford", was broadcast several times on the BBC programme "Poetry Please", and is included in the published anthology of favourite poems from that programme.
Tom Lovatt-Williams
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- 1897
- Died
- 1986
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- poet
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Born in 1897, died in 1986.
Tom Lovatt-Williams (1897–1986) was a poet.
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- 1.UK Craft Fairs. Tom Lovatt Williams.
- 2.Nock, O. S. (1982). A History of the LMS. London: Allen & Unwin.
- 3.Marlow, Norman (1956). Footplate and Signal Cabin.
- 4.Poetry Please! pub. J. M. Dent, 1996;
- 5.JSH-Online. Search - JSH-Online.
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