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Ernest Dowson

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Ernest Dowson

Birth
Lee, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England
Death
23 Feb 1900 (aged 32)
Catford, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England
Burial
Lewisham, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England
Plot
Ladywell, to the left of the Catholic Section at the fork in the path.
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Poet. One of the "decadent" poets of the 1890's. The son of two parents who committed suicide, he suffered from alcoholism and tuberculosis, from which he died. He was a friend of Oscar Wilde, Paul Verlaine, and William Butler Yeats, and created some of the most quoted English verse: "I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind;"and "They are not long, the days of wine and roses."
Poet. One of the "decadent" poets of the 1890's. The son of two parents who committed suicide, he suffered from alcoholism and tuberculosis, from which he died. He was a friend of Oscar Wilde, Paul Verlaine, and William Butler Yeats, and created some of the most quoted English verse: "I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind;"and "They are not long, the days of wine and roses."

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  • Added: Mar 1, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20645/ernest-dowson: accessed ), memorial page for Ernest Dowson (2 Aug 1867–23 Feb 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20645, citing Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, Lewisham, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.