Alan Marshfield. I didn't know at the time that he'd been part of a Modernist Beat poetry scene (he pops up in @jonathancoe.bsky.social biography of B S Johnson) unknown in suburban 1970s Edgware. He let me read Animal Farm at 11 rather than the set text, & hugely encouraged my own creative writing
Louie StowellWho was YOUR great english teacher (if you had one)? For me it was Hugh Epstein at Richmond college (RUTC). I hope he's well, wherever he is!