Brian Cox (poet), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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English academic and poet
Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1928
Date of Death: 24-Apr-2008
Profession: poet
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Brian Cox (poet)
- Charles Brian Cox CBE (5 September 1928 – 24 April 2008) was an English academic and poet.Cox was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he received MA and MLitt degrees.
- In 1959 he and his friend A.
- E.
- Dyson founded the literary journal Critical Quarterly.
- English teachers in more than half the grammar schools in the country subscribed to it.
- The journal published five Black Papers between 1969 and 1977.
- These were controversial, due to their criticism of comprehensive schools and child-centred teaching methods.In February 1993 Cox gave a half-hour Opinions lecture televised on Channel 4 and subsequently published in The Times as "The right is wrong on English teaching".
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