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Housman

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Hous·man  (housmn), A(lfred) E(dward) 1859-1936.
British poet and scholar whose works appeared in A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922).

Housman [ˈhaʊsmən]
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(Biographies / Housman, A(lfred) E(dward) (1859-1936) M, English, WRITING: poet, HISTORY: classical scholar) A(lfred) E(dward). 1859-1936, English poet and classical scholar, author of A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922)
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Noun1.Housman - English poet (1859-1936)


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