Laurence Binyon
![Drawing of Laurence Binyon by [[William Strang]], 1901](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Laurence_Binyon_by_William_Strang.jpg)
Moved by the casualties of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914, Binyon wrote his most famous work "For the Fallen", which is often recited at Remembrance Sunday services in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In 1915, he volunteered as a hospital orderly in France and afterwards worked in England, helping to take care of the wounded of the Battle of Verdun. He wrote about these experiences in ''For Dauntless France'', re-released as a centenary edition in 2018 as ''The Call and the Answer''. After the war, he continued his career at the British Museum, writing numerous books on art.
He was appointed Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University in 1933. Between 1933 and his death in 1943, he published his translation of Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. His war poetry includes a poem about the London Blitz, "The Burning of the Leaves", regarded by many as his masterpiece. Provided by Wikipedia
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