- Housman
- I. biographical name A(lfred) E(dward) 1859-1936 English classical scholar & poet II. biographical name Laurence 1865-1959 brother of preceding English writer & illustrator
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Housman
Look at other dictionaries:
Housman — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alfred Edward Housman (1859–1936), englischer Gelehrter und Dichter Glen Housman (* 1971), australischer Schwimmer Laurence Housman (1865–1959), englischer Künstler und Schriftsteller Diese Seite ist … Deutsch Wikipedia
HOUSMAN (A. E.) — HOUSMAN ALFRED EDWARD (1859 1936) Poète et érudit anglais. On discerne chez Housman une sincérité exigeante, scrupuleuse, intensifiée et maîtrisée à la fois par un pessimisme stoïque et par une réserve orgueilleuse, mais aussi les frustrations… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Housman — [ haʊsmən], Alfred Edward, englischer Lyriker, * Fockbury (bei Worcester) 26. 3. 1859, ✝ Cambridge 30. 4. 1936; war Professor für klassische Literatur, seit 1911 in Cambridge; bekannt durch die nostalgisch einfachen, balladenartigen Gedichte… … Universal-Lexikon
Housman — [hous′mən] A(lfred) E(dward) 1859 1936; Eng. poet & classical scholar … English World dictionary
Housman, A.E. — ▪ English scholar and poet in full Alfred Edward Housman born March 26, 1859, Fockbury, Worcestershire, Eng. died April 30, 1936, Cambridge English scholar and celebrated poet whose lyrics express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple style … Universalium
Housman — noun English poet (1859 1936) • Syn: ↑A. E. Housman, ↑Alfred Edward Housman • Instance Hypernyms: ↑poet … Useful english dictionary
Housman, A(lfred) E(dward) — (26 mar. 1859, Fockbury, Worcestershire, Inglaterra–30 abr. 1936, Cambridge). Estudioso y poeta inglés. Mientras trabajaba de escribiente en la oficina de patentes, estudiaba los textos latinos y escribía los artículos periodísticos que lo… … Enciclopedia Universal
Housman, Laurence — ▪ English artist and writer born July 18, 1865, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Eng. died Feb. 20, 1959, Glastonbury, Somerset English artist and writer who reached his widest public with a series of plays about the Victorian era, of which the most… … Universalium
Housman, A(lfred) E(dward) — Hous·man (housʹmən), A(lfred) E(dward). 1859 1936. British poet and scholar whose works appeared in A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922). * * * born March 26, 1859, Fockbury, Worcestershire, Eng. died April 30, 1936, Cambridge English… … Universalium
Housman, Alfred Edward and Laurence — (1859 1959) • Alfred Edward, the elder brother, 1859 1936 Born in Fockbury, Shropshire, he was educated at Bromsgrove School and St. John s College, Oxford, where he gained first class honors in classics in 1879. He failed to obtain honors… … British and Irish poets
