Richard Aldington

Richard Aldington
Born	Edward Godfree Aldington (1892-07-08)8 July 1892 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died	27 August 1962(1962-08-27) (aged 70) Sury, Ardennes, France
Occupation	poet novelist biographer
Alma mater	Dover College University of London
Literary movement	Imagism
Notable works	Death of a hero
Spouse	Hilda Doolittle ​ ​ (m. 1913; div. 1938)​ Netta McCullough
Children	1
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1916–1919
Rank	Temporary Captain
Unit	11th Leicestershires Royal Sussex Regiment
Battles / wars	World War I

Richard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement. His 50-year writing career covered poetry, novels, criticism and biography. He edited The Egoist, a literary journal, and wrote for The Times Literary Supplement, Vogue, The Criterion, and Poetry.^[1] His biography, Wellington (1946), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Aldington was married to the poet Hilda Doolittle, known by her initials H.D., from 1913 to 1938. His contacts included writers T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, W. B. Yeats, Lawrence Durrell, C. P. Snow, and others. He championed H.D. as the major poetic voice of the Imagist movement and helped her work gain international notice.^[1]