Minnie Louise Haskins
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Minnie Louise Haskins born 12 May 1875, Bitton
, Gloucestershire
, died 1957 was an academic in the fields of sociology and philosophy.
Her father was Joseph Haskins and her mother was Louisa Bridges.
Haskins taught from 1919 to 1939 and 1940 to 1944 at the London School of Economics
, where previously she had herself been a student. Her nationality was British and her teaching career at the LSE began at the end of the First World War and ended just before the close of the Second World War.
Despite being principally an academic, Haskins enjoyed writing poetry, and in 1908 (as part of a collection named 'The Desert') her poem God Knows, more popularly known as The Gate of the Year
, was published. It is amongst the most quoted poetic works of the twentieth century, and its words are engraved on the entrance to the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle
.
The poem and her life story were featured in the BBC Radio 4 programme Adventures in Poetry on 19 and 25 Dec 2010.
The poem has been set to music by Canadian composer Eleanor Joanne Daley
.
Bitton
Bitton is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, in the Greater Bristol area on the River Boyd.It is in the far south of the South Gloucestershire district, near the border with Bath and North East Somerset...
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, died 1957 was an academic in the fields of sociology and philosophy.
Her father was Joseph Haskins and her mother was Louisa Bridges.
Haskins taught from 1919 to 1939 and 1940 to 1944 at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, where previously she had herself been a student. Her nationality was British and her teaching career at the LSE began at the end of the First World War and ended just before the close of the Second World War.
Despite being principally an academic, Haskins enjoyed writing poetry, and in 1908 (as part of a collection named 'The Desert') her poem God Knows, more popularly known as The Gate of the Year
The Gate of the Year
"The Gate of the Year" is the popular name given to a poem by Minnie Louise Haskins. The title given to it by the author was "God Knows". She studied and then taught at the London School of Economics in the first half of the twentieth century....
, was published. It is amongst the most quoted poetic works of the twentieth century, and its words are engraved on the entrance to the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...
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The poem and her life story were featured in the BBC Radio 4 programme Adventures in Poetry on 19 and 25 Dec 2010.
The poem has been set to music by Canadian composer Eleanor Joanne Daley
Eleanor Joanne Daley
Eleanor Joanne Daley is a Canadian composer, organist, and accompanist.Her best known works are The Rose Trilogy, Requiem and In Remembrance. Daley holds a Bachelor Degree in Organ Performance from Queens University in Kingston, and holds multiple diplomas in piano and organ...
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