| 1873 |
Born at Charlton (Kent, England) on 25 April.
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| 1883 |
Attended St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, London |
| 1890 |
Began Work for the Anglo-American (Standard) Oil Company
in London as a clerk in the department of statistics. |
| 1899 |
Married Elfrida Ingpen at Battersea; their first child,
Florence, was born. |
| 1902 |
His first book, Songs of Childhood, was published
under the name of Walter Ramal. |
| 1904 |
The publication of his first full-length novel, Henry
Brocken. |
| 1905 |
Received his first assignment as a reviewer (in Bookman).
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| 1906 |
The publication of his first collection of poetry, Poems.
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| 1908 |
Left the Anglo-American (Standard) Oil Company to concentrate
on writing full-time thanks to the offer of a goverment pension (obtained
for him by Henry Newbolt); began reviewing for the Times Literary Supplement. |
| 1910 |
The Return. |
| 1911 |
Met Naomi Royde-Smith; awarded The Polignac Prize, Royal
Society of Literature Prize. |
| 1912 |
The Listeners; A Child's Day; included in
the anthology Georgian Poetry 1911-1912. |
| 1913 |
Peacock Pie; met Forrest Reid. |
| 1915 |
Death of Rupert Brooke. |
| 1916 |
His first visit to America (lecture and reading tour). |
| 1917 |
Death of Edward Thomas; met Robert Frost. |
| 1918 |
Motley; met Siegfried Sasson. |
| 1921 |
Memoirs of a Midget; The Veil and other Poems;
stayed with Thomas Hardy at Max Gate. |
| 1922 |
Down-Adown-Derry; awarded The James Tait Black
Memorial Prize for Fiction, for Memoirs of a Midget;
met J.M. Barrie.
|
| 1923 |
The Riddle and other Stories; Come Hither. |
| 1924 |
Ding Dong Bell; declined the offer of a knighthood.
|
| 1925 |
Broomsticks and other tales. |
| 1926 |
The Connoisseur and other Stories. |
| 1927 |
Stuff and Nonsense. |
| 1928 |
Death of Thomas Hardy. |
| 1930 |
On the Edge; Desert Islands; Poems for Children.
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| 1931 |
For the second time declined the offer of a knighthood.
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| 1933 |
The Fleeting; The Lord Fish and other tales. |
| 1935 |
Early One Morning. |
| 1936 |
The Wind Blows Over. |
| 1938 |
Death of Henry Newbolt. |
| 1939 |
Behold, This Dreamer. |
| 1940 |
Pleasures and Speculations; moved to South
End House, Twickenham. |
| 1941 |
Bells and Grass: A Book of Ryhmes. |
| 1943 |
Love; Death of his wife, Elfie. |
| 1945 |
The Burning Glass. |
| 1946 |
The Traveller. |
| 1947 |
Awarded The Carnegie Medal, Library Association, for Collected
Stories for Children; death of Forrest Reid. |
| 1948 |
Made a Companion of Honour. |
| 1950 |
Inward Companion. |
| 1951 |
Winged Chariot; awarded honorary degree from
Oxford. |
| 1953 |
O Lovely England; Private View; made a member
of the Order of Merit. |
| 1954 |
Awarded The Foyle Poetry Prize. |
| 1955 |
A Beginning and other Stories. |
| 1956 |
Died in Twickenham (Middlesex, England), 22 June; buried
at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. |