A. E. Housman

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classical scholar classicist human poet university teacher

A. E. Housman was an English classical scholar and poet best known for his lyrical and elegiac collection "A Shropshire Lad," which has had lasting influence on 20th-century poetry.

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A. E. Housman canonical 8
Alfred Edward Housman 1
Housman 1

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instanceOf classical scholar ⓘ
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human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
burialPlace St Laurence's Church, Ludlow ⓘ
surface form: St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow
causeOfDeath myocardial infarction ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1859-03-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1936-04-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Bromsgrove School ⓘ
St John’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer University College London ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName A. E. Housman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Housman
fieldOfWork Latin poetry ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
fullName A. E. Housman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alfred Edward Housman
genre elegiac poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
givenName Alfred ⓘ
Edward ⓘ
hasPartInCollection poems about mortality ⓘ
poems about rural England ⓘ
poems about unrequited love ⓘ
influenced 20th-century English poetry ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Ancient Greek ⓘ
English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Georgian poetry ⓘ
notableWork A Shropshire Lad (orchestral rhapsody) ⓘ
surface form: A Shropshire Lad

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occupation classical philologist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Fockbury ⓘ
Worcestershire, England ⓘ
surface form: Worcestershire
placeOfDeath CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridgeshire

England ⓘ
positionHeld Kennedy Professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
Professor of Latin at University College London ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sexualOrientation homosexual ⓘ
sibling Clemence Housman ⓘ
Laurence Housman ⓘ

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