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Hamilton , Sir , George Rostrevor , 1888-1967 , Knight , poet, writer, and civil servant
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George Rostrevor Hamilton was educated at Oxford University before becoming a civil servant. His first book of poems was published in 1916 and he later compiled anthologies of Greek and Latin verse for Nonesuch Press. Hamliton was a director of the Poetry Book Society and corresponded with many other literary figures of his time. He was knighted in 1951.