Robert Calvert

Robert Newton Calvert (9 March 1945 – 14 August 1988) was a South African-born, English writer, poet, and musician. He is principally known for his role as lyricist and member of the rock band Hawkwind. 2Biography Calvert was born in Pretoria, South Africa and moved with his parents to England when he was two. He attended school in London and Margate. Having finished school he joined The Air Training Corps, where he became a corporal and played the trumpet for the 438 squadron band. He then went on to college in Canterbury. After leaving college, and having been denied his childhood dream of becoming a fighter pilot he slowly acquainted himself with the UK's bohemian scene. Calvert began his career in earnest by writing poetry. In 1967 he formed the Street Theatre group, Street Dada Nihilismus. At the end of the 1960s he moved to London and joined the flourishing psychedelic subcultur