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A. E. Housman

1859 - 1936

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Alfred Edward Housman (; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classical scholar and poet. He showed early promise as a student at the University of Oxford, but he failed his final examination in literae humaniores and took employment as a patent examiner in London in 1882. In his spare time he engaged in textual criticism of classical Greek and Latin texts, and his publications as an independent researcher earned him a high academic reputation and appointment as professor of Latin at University College London in 1892. In 1911 he became the Kennedy Professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. E. Housman is the 5,244th most popular writer (down from 4,975th in 2019), the 4,177th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,633rd in 2019) and the 450th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, A. E. Housman ranks 5,244 out of 7,302. Before him are Adolf Born, Heinrich Laube, Dorrit Willumsen, Zig Ziglar, Marmaduke Pickthall, and Vikenty Veresaev. After him are Kalliroi Parren, Dee Brown, Imants Ziedonis, Michel Tremblay, Friedrich von Hagedorn, and Vibius Sequester.

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Among people born in 1859, A. E. Housman ranks 122. Before him are Nikolay Kasatkin, Stefan Toshev, Carrie Chapman Catt, Karel Halíř, Luigi Capello, and Cecilia Grierson. After him are Pandeli Evangjeli, Anatole Le Braz, Josephine Crowell, Cass Gilbert, Alfredo Baquerizo, and Victor Herbert. Among people deceased in 1936, A. E. Housman ranks 168. Before him are Hermann Hirt, Carlos José Solórzano, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Abraham Berge, Rodney Heath, and Marmaduke Pickthall. After him are Jaafar Al-Askari, Vladimir Bogoraz, Prudencia Ayala, Lorenzo Mangiante, M. R. James, and Arthur Amundsen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, A. E. Housman ranks 4,178 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Wight (1796), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), Craig Armstrong (1959), Wilko Johnson (1947), Muriel Freeman (1897), and Marmaduke Pickthall (1875). After him are Joseph Grimaldi (1778), Roy Wood (1946), Jack Beresford (1899), Lily James (1989), Granville Bantock (1868), and Mary Moser (1744).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, A. E. Housman ranks 450. Before him are Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Joyce Mansour (1928), Thomas Dekker (1572), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Gilbert Adair (1944), and Marmaduke Pickthall (1875). After him are Bruno Heller (1960), Alan Bennett (1934), Aubrey de Grey (1963), Norman Smith (1923), Edward Carpenter (1844), and George Grove (1820).

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