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Alfred Edward Housman
Photo: Laurence Housman (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

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British classical scholar and poet (1859-1936)

Also known as: A E Housman, Alfred Hausman, A. E. 하우스먼, Альфред Эдвард Хаусман, آلفرد إدوارد هاوسمان, アルフレッド・エドワード・ハウスマン

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Known works

  • Prentice Hall Literature--The British Tradition
  • A centennial memento
  • A Shropshire lad
  • A.E.H.-A.W.P.: A CLASSICAL FRIENDSHIP; ED. BY H.R. WOUDHUYSEN
  • Last poems