J. D. C. Pellow

John Dynham Cornish Pellow MBE (1890-1960) was an English poet and civil servant.

He was born in London. His father William Pellow was a civil servant. He followed in his father's footsteps and joined the National Health Insurance Commission in 1908. In 1913 he was promoted to Second Division Clerk. He eventually reached the rank of Senior Executive Officer and on his retirement in 1950, he was awarded the MBE.

His poems were included in the Georgian Poetry anthologies for 1918-19 and 1920-22 and in several later anthologies.

See also

References

  • Thomas Caldwell (1922), The Golden Book of Modern English Poetry
  • J. C. Squire (1927), Selections from Modern Poets Complete Edition
  • J. C. Squire (1932), Younger Poets of To-day
  • Eric Gillett (1932), Poets of Our Time
  • Harold Monro (1933), Twentieth Century Poetry
  • The Golden Treasury, with additional poems (1941), Oxford University Press
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