Blunden
Edmund, 1896–1974, English poet.
Historical Examples
Society for Pure English, Tract 5 Society for Pure English
Nooks and Corners of Shropshire H. Thornhill Timmins
noun
Edmund (Charles). 1896–1974, British poet and scholar, noted esp for Undertones of War (1928), a memoir of World War I in verse and prose
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