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John Bicknell Auden (14 December 1903 – 21 January 1991) was an English geologist and explorer, older brother of the poet W. H. Auden, who worked for many years in India with the Geological Survey of India and later with the Food and Agriculture Organization.
John Bicknell Auden, the distinguished geologist who was Wystan Auden's older brother, died in London on 21 January 1991 at the age of 87. John Auden was born in York on 14 December 1903, the second of the three sons of George Augustus Auden and Constance Rosalie (Bicknell) Auden. He attended St. Edmund's School (Wystan followed him there), ...
John Bicknell Auden (brother) Wystan Hugh Auden ( / ˈ w ɪ s t ən ˈ h juː ˈ ɔː d ən / ; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 [1] ) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone , form , and ...
- British (birth), American (1946)
- Wystan Hugh Auden, 21 February 1907, York, England
- Poet
John Bicknell Auden (1903-1991), Geologist and explorer; brother of W.H. Auden. Artist or producer of 1 portrait, Sitter in 2 portraits. This portrait. Shortly before leaving Oxford in 1928, Auden's first collection of poems was published privately by fellow student Stephen Spender.
John Bicknell Auden (1903-1991), Geologist and explorer; brother of W.H. Auden. Sitter in 2 portraits Artist of 1 portrait The elder brother of W.H. Auden, John Auden was a geologist and explorer. In 1926 he joined the Geological Survey of India, where he remained until he retired in the early 1950s.
The play is dedicated to Auden's geologist brother John Bicknell Auden who had taken part in an expedition near the Karakoram mountain K2. Auden personally invited Benjamin Britten to write the incidental music for the play.
It is correct to say that the 19th century shows a true swarm of clergymen in Auden's family: in the immediate context he had two clerical uncles: the Rev. John E. Auden (1860-1946) and the Rev. Alfred Auden (1865-1944); both grandfathers, the Rev. John Auden (1831-1876) and the Rev. Richard Bicknell (1823-1869); a great grandfather, the Rev ...
