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1859–1936 · English poet and classical scholar

A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman

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About A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman (1859–1936) was an English classical scholar and poet whose slim collection A Shropshire Lad — with its doomed lads, rolling hills, and quiet heartbreak — became one of the best-loved books of English verse. He wrote it while working as a professor of Latin.

Born
1859
Died
1936

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