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2 unusual facts about Amen Corner


Amen Corner, London

The modern Amen Corner is a stub of road that leads to Amen Court, home to a short terrace of 17th-century houses where the canons of the cathedral once lived and where the first meeting of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was held in 1958 at the home of founder John Collins.

Richard Farmer

The last years of his life were divided between Emmanuel College and the residentiary house in Amen Corner.


1958 Masters Tournament

Sports Illustrated writer Herbert Warren Wind first used the term "Amen Corner" in a story to describe where the critical final day's action had occurred.


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