Plaque

A. E. Housman - W2

Inscription

A. E. Housman, poet & classical scholar, author of 'A Shropshire Lad', lived here, 1885 - 1886.

Lovely graphic border to this plaque - ears of corn.

Site: A. E. Housman - W2 (1 memorial)

W2, Northumberland Place, 39

Housman was in lodgings here for a short time, 1885-6. He had also lived at number 15, 1881-2, and at nearby 82 Talbot Road, 1882-5.

Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker

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A. E. Housman - W2

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Shropshire Lad

A cycle of sixty-three poems by A. E. Housman. Published in 1896, most were w...

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A. E. Housman

Alfred Edward Housman. Born near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. Classical scho...

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