   geoffrey edward harvey grigson (2 march 1905 â 25 november 1985) was a british poet, writer, critic and naturalist. he was born at the vicarage in pelynt, a village near looe in cornwall. ==life== grigson's childhood in rural cornwall had a significant influence on his poetry and writing in later life. as a boy, his love of things of nature (plants, bones and stones) was sparked at the house of family friends at polperro who were painters and amateur naturalists. he was educated at st john's school, leatherhead, and at st edmund hall, oxford. he first came to prominence in the 1930s as a poet, then as editor from 1933 to 1939 of the influential poetry magazine new verse."geoffrey grigson", encyclopaedia britannica. fiercely combative, he made many literary enemies for his dogmatic views."geoffrey grigson", st edmund hall, university of oxford. at various times he was involved in teaching, journalism and broadcasting. during world war ii he worked in the editorial department of the bbc monitoring service at wood norton near evesham, worcestershire and at bristol.julian symons, "grigson, geoffrey edward harvey (1905â1985)", rev. oxford dictionary of national biography, oxford university press, 2004; online edn, may 2009, accessed 2 december 2013. in 1946 he was one of the founders of the institute of contemporary arts (ica) in london, together with roland penrose, herbert read, peter watson and peter gregory, in 1946."history", ica website.barry miles, london calling: a countercultural history of london since 1945, atlantic books, 2010. in 1951 he curated a touring exhibition of drawings and watercolours drawn from the british council collection.[http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibitions/exhibition/british-drawings-and-watercolours-of-the-20th-century-from-the-collection-of-the-british-council-1951 "british drawings and watercolours of the 20th century from th
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