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Alfred Edward Housman
Birth: Mar. 26, 1859
Death: Apr. 30, 1936

Housman was a famous English poet and pre-eminent classicist. His most famous book 'A Shropshire Lad' was first published in 1896 and has never been out of print since. In 1911 he was made Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge University, where he spent the rest of his life. 

 
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Burial:
St Laurence Churchyard
Ludlow
Shropshire, England
Plot: His ashes are buried against the north wall of the church.
 
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Record added: Apr 30, 2000
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Alfred Edward Housman
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- Saralyn ~ In Memory of Robbie, Age 16
 Added: Mar. 26, 2009

- David Wend
 Added: Mar. 26, 2009
Lie down, lie down, young yeoman;/ The sun moves always west;/ The road one treads to labour/ Will lead one home to rest,/ And that will be the best.
- J. Oldstyle
 Added: Sep. 18, 2008
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