Gerard Benson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerard Benson

English poet

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1931

Place of Birth: Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Apr-2014

Profession: actor, writer, poet, lyricist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Gerard John Benson (9 April 1931 – 28 April 2014) was an English Quaker poet, teacher, and author.
He was named poet laureate of the City of Bradford (2008) and was also active with Poems on the Underground. Benson had worked as an intelligence decoder in Britain and as an actor, but his vocation was poetry.
Originally from London, Benson settled in Bradford in 1989 with his writer/artist wife, Cathy Griffiths; the couple lived in Manningham.
He was a member of the Barrow Poets.Benson died on 28 April 2014, aged 83.
Shortly before his death, the 83-year-old had recently returned from the BBC in London where he had made recordings of his poetry for the world-famous on-line Poetry Archive.