| Timeline |
| 1878 |
Born 1 June in Ledbury, Herefordshire |
| 1884 |
Mother dies |
| 1890 |
Father suffers mental breakdown, dies in 1891 |
| 1891 |
At the age of 13, Masefield is sent away to train for a life at sea |
| 1894 |
Serves an apprenticeship on the Gilcruix |
| 1895 |
Deserts ship in NY, works at various jobs |
| 1897 |
Returns to England and is employed as a bank clerk |
| 1901 |
Meets future wife, Constance Crommelin |
| 1902 |
Salt-Water Ballads published |
| 1908 |
Captain Margaret published |
| 1909 |
Multitude and Solitude published |
| 1909 |
The Tragedy of Nan published |
| 1910 |
The Tragedy of Pompey the Great published |
| 1911 |
The Everlasting Mercy published |
| 1912 |
Wins Edmund de Polignac prize |
| 1913 |
Dauber published |
| 1914 |
Enlists with Red Cross during World War I |
| 1918 |
Second US lecture tour |
| 1919 |
Reynard the Fox published |
| 1923 |
Organised the Oxford Recitations |
| 1924 |
Sard Harker published |
| 1926 |
Odtaa published |
| 1930 |
Named poet laureate |
| 1935 |
Awarded the Order of Merit |
| 1937 |
Elected President of the Society of Authors |
| 1940 |
Basilissa published |
| 1941 |
In the Mill published |
| 1952 |
So Long to Learn published |
| 1960 |
Constance dies |
| 1967 |
Dies near Abingdon, Berkshire, 12 May from complications of gangrene |
