A. E. Housman
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Alfred Edward Housman was an English classical scholar and poet. He showed early promise as a student at the University of Oxford, but he failed the final examination in literae humaniores and took em
Housman in 1910
Valley House, Housman's birthplace
The site of the 17th-century Fockbury House (later known as The Clock House). Home of Housman from 1873 to 1878
Home of Housman from 1860 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1882. His younger brother Laurence was born here in 1865.
Clemence Housman
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Clemence Annie Housman was an author, illustrator and activist in the women's suffrage movement. She was the sister of A. E. Housman and Laurence Housman. Her novels included The Were-Wolf, Unknown Se
A. E. Housman
…twelfth birthday, and his father, a country solicitor, then married an elder cousin, Lucy, in 1873. Two of his siblings became prominent writers, sister Clemence Housman and brother Laurence Housman. At the age of eleven Housman entered Bromsgrove School (then known as the Grammar School of King Edward VI, Bromsgrove…
Housman in 1910
The Were-wolf by Housman (artwork by Laurence Housman, LH)