Collected Poems of Humphrey Moore. This item is unavailable.Collected Poems of Humphrey Moore

Humphrey Moore was, for generations of schoolboys at Dauntsey's, Shrewsbury and Clayesmore, the archetype of the public schoolmaster. He devoted his life to his pupils and taught them all he knew. He was born on 21 November 1913, the second of three sons of His Majesty's Inspector of Schools for Somerset. In this memoir the author takes us through Moore's life, from his idyllic childhood discovering the delights and freedom of the countryside, to his love for and exploration of nature, music and poetry. A shy and sensitive boy, he did well at school, studying at Bradfield under R.D. Beloe, who became one of the heroes of his youth and his constant ideal of what a Public School headmaster should be, and at Corpus Christi in Cambridge, where he studied Biology, the subject he was later to teach. Moore first became a Public School teacher at Dauntsey's and then worked at Shrewsbury. He later moved to Clayesmore School in Dorset, where he taught (apart from a spell with the Intelligence Corps in Iraq during the War) until his early death in 1968. His educationalist assumptions and ideals led him to become an outstanding teacher who touched many young boys' lives. A man in whose inner life both ecstasy and angst coexisted, his poetry was inspired by W.H. Auden, Rupert Brooke, A.E. Housman and Matthew Arnold. Although admired by Auden and Spender, his poetry has until now been scattered in the pages of school magazines and small-circulation poetry journals. Much of his oeuvre has not been previously published. John Bridgen, who knew Moore personally, was left the collection of his work, including his unpublished poetry. In this volume, he has brought together Moore's poems, and in his introductory memoir brings Moore to life, showing how his contributions as schoolteacher, biologist and poet grew out of his life and beliefs.