15+ Ae Housman Famous Poems Background. Housman selected by dr oliver tearle a. English poet and scholar, whose verse exerted a strong influence on later poets.
Image captionae housman was born near bromsgrove in 1859 and is most famous for his cycle of poems a shropshire lad.
Housman's introductory lecture as professor at university college london is available here, and his leslie stephen lecture, the name and nature of poetry, is also available. We had a project on poets and i had a.e. Failing his final exams he left oxford without a degree. Free collection of all a.