Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar (died 1943)

Laurence Binyon

English poet and dramatist (1869–1943)

Robert Laurence Binyon, CH was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman, and Mary Dockray. He studied at St Paul's School, London and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for…