Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon (1886 - 1967) MP

Birthdate:	September 8, 1886
Birthplace:	Matfield, Kent, England
Death:	Died September 1, 1967 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England
Occupation:	Poet

Managed by:	Avi Naveh
Last Updated:	January 4, 2011

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Did not get degree - left Clare College, Cambridge when 20.

Had gone to Marlborough.

Shy, studied law but preferred poetry. Changed to history.

Too upset to attend father's funeral.

Received into Catholic Church in 1957.

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1886	September 8, 1886	Birth of Siegfried Matfield, Kent, England
1936	October 30, 1936 Age 50	Birth of George Thornycroft Sassoon London, England
1967	September 1, 1967 Age 80	Death of Siegfried Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England
????		Marriage of Siegfried to Hester Sassoon
????		Siegfried worked at Poet Poet