Was referred to as "the young Apollo, golden haired" and the "handsomest man in England"

• Born August 3, 1887
• Born into a "well-to-do family" at Rugby
• Attended King's College, Cambridge
• Had two collections of poems published- "Poems" (1911) and "Georgian Poetry" (1913)
• Also educated at Rugby

• Had one day of war experience with the Hood Battalion
• Participated in the Antwerp Expedition
• Died in 1915 in Skyros (a Greek Island)
• Due to a blood-poisoning caused by an ignored injury

• Considered a "pre-war poet"
• Wrote the "Soldier," "Peace," and "Safety"
• Writer of Songs of Innocence
• Famous for five "war-sonnets"
• Five war-sonnets called "Soldier," "Peace," Safety," "The Dead"
• Also wrote several other poems

• Often suffered from depression, nervous breakdowns, due to relationships with women
• A surprising "Lost Poet" because he was not expected to have written the sonnetsif he had survived.