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Definition of Alfred Edward Housman
1. Noun. English poet (1859-1936).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alfred Edward Housman
Literary usage of Alfred Edward Housman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"... Emily Dickinson and the Shropshire Lad (Alfred Edward Housman)—the one dead,
the other fortunately still living—both belong, by date of publication, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"His brother, Alfred Edward Housman (b. 1859), an accomplished scholar, professor
of Latin at University College, London, is known as a poet by his striking ..."
3. A Student's History of English Literature by William Edward Simonds (1921)
"Among these are: Francis Thomp- T *' son (1859-1907), now best known as the author
of the mystical poem The Hound of Heaven; Alfred Edward Housman (born, ..."