| Timeline |
| 1895 |
Born 24 July in Wimbledon |
| 1913 |
Wins a scholarship to St. John's College, Oxford |
| 1914 |
Enlists as a junior officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers |
| 1916 |
Injured in the Somme offensive |
| 1917 |
Over the Brazier published |
| 1918 |
Fairies and Fusiliers published |
| 1918 |
Marries Nancy Nicholson |
| 1924 |
Poems: 1914-26 published |
| 1928 |
Co-founds Seizin Press with Laura Riding |
| 1929 |
Goodbye to All That published |
| 1931 |
Poems: 1926-1930 published |
| 1934 |
I, Claudius and Claudius the God |
| 1935 |
Co-founds Epilogue, a semiannual magazine, with Laura Riding |
| 1938 |
Collected Poems published |
| 1938 |
Count Belisarius published |
| 1941 |
The Long Weekend published |
| 1943 |
Wife to Mr Milton published |
| 1946 |
King Jesus published |
| 1949 |
Seven Days in New Crete published |
| 1953 |
The Nazarene Gospel Restored published |
| 1955 |
The Greek Myths published |
| 1961 |
Was made the Professor of Poetry at Oxford |
| 1964 |
The Hebrew Myths published |
| 1968 |
Receives the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry |
| 1975 |
Retires to the village of Deya in Mallorca |
| 1985 |
Dies 7 December in Deja |
