Wilfred owen biography pdf

Here are some facts about Wilfred Owen.

• Wilfred Owen was born on 18th March 1893 in Oswestry in Shropshire, England.
• He went to school at the Birkenhead Institute and Shrewsbury Technical School.

• As a child, his family moved around quite a lot.

  He lived in Shrewsbury and in several different homes in and around Tranmere.

• He was a pupil-teacher at Wyle Cop School in Shrewsbury.
• He wanted to attend the University of London, but he didn’t do well enough in the matriculation exam to earn a full scholarship.

  As a result, he couldn’t afford the fees and had to look at other options.

• Wilfred Owen became an assistant to the Vicar of Dunsden, and he took some classes (in botany and Old English) at the University of Reading.
• He moved to Bordeaux in France in 1913 and he worked as a tutor at the Berlitz School of Languages.
• In France he met the poet, Laurent Tailhade.
• Wilfred Owen enlisted on 21st October 1915, joining the Artists’ Ri