Authors starting with M

- John Edward Masefield (June1, 1878 - May 12, 1967) -

Ancestry: Ledbury, Herefordshire, Great Britain

John Edward Masefield was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He was born in Egypt. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, nineteen other novels (including Captain Margaret, Multitude and Solitude and Sard Harker), and many memorable poems, including "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever", from his anthology Saltwater Ballads.