Nicholas Rowe, Poet Laureate and dramatist, was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, to the right of the stone to Thomas Parr. His gravestone had no inscription. He was the only son of John ...

Curator Dr Susan Jenkins shares more about the lives and poetry of nine Poet Laureates who are buried or memorialised in Poets' Corner. The official post of ‘Poet Laureate’ (laureate meaning crowned ...