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Herbert (Howard) Sergeant MBE (1914-1987) was a poet and editor from Hull and the publisher of Britain’s oldest independent poetry magazine Outposts. He was appointed MBE in 1978 for services to literature. He edited nearly 60 anthologies of contemporary poetry and was himself a poet of considerable talent. The Sergeant archive was purchased by Hull University from his widow Jean Sergeant in 1998 and provides extensive coverage of the full range of his literary work.