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John Edward Masefield OM was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967.
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Masefield encouraged the continued development of English literature and poetry, and began the annual awarding of the Royal Medals for Poetry for a first or second published edition of poetry by a poet under the age of 35.
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Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald recommended Masefield to King George V to be the Poet Laureate to replace Robert Bridges.
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Best remembered today for the immortal lines, “I must go down to the seas again” and his two books for children: The Midnight Folk (1927) and The Box of Delights (1935), John Masefield was Poet Laureate of the UK from 1930-1967.