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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Martin
Fenton (born 25 April 1949, Lincoln) is an English poet, journalist and
literary critic. He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry. Born in
Lincoln, Fenton grew up in Lincolnshire and Staffordshire, the son of
Canon John Fenton, a noted biblical scholar. He was educated at the
Durham Choristers School, Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He
graduated with a B.A. in 1970. Fenton acquired at school an enthusiasm
for the work of W.H. Auden. At Oxford John Fuller, who happened to be
writing A Reader's Guide to W.H. Auden at the time, further encouraged
that enthusiasm.
