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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.
1859–1936. Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images. At first glance, it can be a major surprise that the author of the enormously popular poetry collection A Shropshire Lad was a classical scholar by the name of A.E. Housman.
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.
Jun 8, 2007 · lfred Edward Housman had two careers and excelled in both. 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.
A. E. Housman - Alfred Edward Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire, England, on March 26, 1859. He published two volumes of poetry during his life, including A Shropshire Lad (1896), which was widely read during World War I.
Alfred Edward Housman. A.E. HOUSMAN was born near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire in 1859. The eldest of seven children, he entered Bromsgrove School as a “foundation scholar” at the age of eleven. He was inquisitive, quiet and studious – with a passion for learning Greek and Latin.
