Edgar Foxall

Who was Edgar Foxall?

Edgar Foxall was an English poet whose work features in one of the Penguin poetry anthologies, Poetry of the Thirties. Though notable for caustic political commentary and acute social observation, the natural world is a strong recurrent theme throughout his work.

Born near Ellesmere Port on Merseyside, Foxall left school at fourteen, working in a range of jobs before training as a school teacher after World War II. Taking an active interest in local politics, Foxall was a prolific contributor to literary journals, magazines and the local and national press. In 1968, with his wife Nancy, he moved to the North Wales resort town of Llandudno.

Foxall received encouragement through correspondence with both T. S. Eliot and John Masefield. He won critical acclaim from Leonard Clark, J. C. Squire and Cyril Connolly.