A. E. Housman facts for kids
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A. E. Housman
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Photo portrait by E. O. Hoppé, 1910
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| Born | Alfred Edward Housman 26 March 1859 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 30 April 1936 (aged 77) Cambridge, England |
| Pen name | A. E. Housman |
| Occupation | Classicist and poet |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Genre | Lyric poetry |
| Notable works | A Shropshire Lad |
| Relatives | Clemence Housman, Laurence Housman |
Alfred Edward Housman ( 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet. His cycle of poems, A Shropshire Lad wistfully evoke the dooms and disappointments of youth in the English countryside. Their simplicity and distinctive imagery appealed strongly to Edwardian taste, and to many early 20th-century English composers both before and after the First World War. Through their song-settings, the poems became closely associated with that era, and with Shropshire itself.
Housman was one of the foremost classicists of his age and has been ranked as one of the greatest scholars who ever lived. He established his reputation publishing as a private scholar and, on the strength and quality of his work, was appointed Professor of Latin at University College London and then at the University of Cambridge. His editions of Juvenal, Manilius and Lucan are still considered authoritative.
Images for kids
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Valley House, Housman's birthplace
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The site of the 17th-century Fockbury House (later known as The Clock House). Home of Housman from 1873 to 1878
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Home of Housman from 1860 to 1873 and again from 1878 to 1882. His younger brother Laurence was born here in 1865.
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Housman's grave marker
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Housman's grave at St Laurence's Church in Ludlow
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Moses Jackson (1858–1923) as an undergraduate c. 1880
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Housman statue in Bromsgrove
See also
- In Spanish: A. E. Housman
