A.E. Housman

Poet

Birthday March 26, 1859

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Apr 30, 1936 (77)

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About

Poet and scholar who is best remembered for his collection of 63 poems titled A Shropshire Lad. His 1922 collection titled Last Poems also received praise from his contemporaries. He was also a professor at both University College London and University of Cambridge.

Before Fame

He studied at King Edward's School in Birmingham before attending Bromsgrove School.

Trivia

After graduating from the University of Oxford he worked as a clerk in the Patent Office. His cremated remains were interred outside St Laurence's Church, Ludlow. He was an atheist. In 1986, he published a cycle of 63 poems called A Shropshire Lad. The poems in the cycle were characterized by a feeling of pessimism without religious comfort.

Family Life

His brother Laurence Housman was a playwrite.

Associated With

Both he and Edgar Allan Poe were published poets during their time.