A.E. Housman date of birth:
March 26, 1859
How old was A.E. Housman when died?
77
Where was A.E. Housman born?
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
When did A.E. Housman die?
April 30, 1936
A.E. Housman body shape:
Average
What color are A.E. Housman's eyes?
Blue
What color is A.E. Housman's hair?
Grey
Is A.E. Housman gay or straight?
Straight
What religion is A.E. Housman?
Scientology
What is A.E. Housman's ethnicity?
White
What is A.E. Housman nationality?
British
What is A.E. Housman's occupation?
Classicist, Poet
What genre is A.E. Housman's work?
Lyric poetry
Short Biography
Alfred Edward Housman (/ˈhaʊsmən/; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems wistfully evoke the dooms and disappointments of youth in the English countryside . Their beauty, simplicity and distinctive imagery appealed strongly to late Victorian and Edwardian taste, and to many early 20th-century English composers (beginning with Arthur Somervell) both before and after the First World War. Through their song-settings, the poems became closely associated with that era, and with Shropshire itself.