(1905-76) a US businessman, aircraft designer, pilot, and film PRODUCER, famous for being very rich but also for being very unwilling to spend money. He was a RECLUSE (= someone who lives on their own and does not want to see other people) for the last 26 years of his life.
(1930-98) a British poet who wrote especially about the cruelty of animals and nature. He was married to the US poet Sylvia PLATH . He became POET LAUREATE (= the Queen's official poet) in 1984.