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Alfred Edward Housman ( / ˈhaʊsmən /; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classical scholar and poet. After an initially poor performance while at university, he took employment as a clerk in London and established his academic reputation by publishing as a private scholar at first.
Apr 3, 2017 · A. E. Housman (1859-1936) didn’t write a great deal of poetry, but the poems he left behind are loved by millions around the world. But what are Housman’s best poems? Drawing up a ‘top ten’ has proved difficult.
Learn about the life and work of A. E. Housman, a classical scholar who also wrote the popular poetry collection A Shropshire Lad. Explore his textual criticism, his poetry style, and his legacy in this comprehensive biography.
A.E. Housman (born March 26, 1859, Fockbury, Worcestershire, Eng.—died April 30, 1936, Cambridge) was an English scholar and celebrated poet whose lyrics express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple style.
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Jun 8, 2007 · He was a popular poet (still is) and one of his country's greatest Latinists. He was born in 1859 in Worcestershire with the Clee Hills of Shropshire on the western horizon.
Learn about the life and works of Alfred Edward Housman, a Victorian poet and classical scholar who wrote A Shropshire Lad and other ballads. Explore his poems, books, awards and readings on this web page.
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Learn about the life and work of Alfred Edward Housman, a classicist and poet who wrote A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems. Explore his themes of pastoral beauty, unrequited love, grief, death, and patriotism.
