Andrew Motion | |
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![]() Motion, reading poetry in 2009 | |
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom | |
In office 1 May 1999 – 1 May 2009 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Ted Hughes |
Succeeded by | Carol Ann Duffy |
Personal details | |
Born | London, England | 26 October 1952
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Children | 3 |
Education | Radley College |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
Occupation | Poet |
Sir Andrew Motion FRSL (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work. In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, taking over from Bill Bryson.