Housman

American  

[haus-muhn] / ˈhaʊs mən /

noun

1. A(lfred) E(dward), 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar.

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Housman British  

/ ˈhaʊsmən /

noun

1. 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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Housman

"The thick tension between old, hardened Captain Quint and young, sarcastic oceanographer Matt Hooper is due in part to the actors' real-life on-set rivalry," said Screen Rant's Andrew Housman.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2021

Housman and Rupert Brooke, the stirringly patriotic music of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, the doomed Scott Antarctic expedition, the cult of Nature and, not least, Robert Baden-Powell’s creation of the Boy Scouts.

From Washington Post ● May 4, 2021

Housman — this haven for the anti-establishment opened in King’s Cross in 1959.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019

Cox grew up in the St. Louis area and was living in another suburb, Ferguson, when Housman was abducted.

From Fox News ● Jun. 5, 2019

I’m going down to see Grace at the weekend and I’ll look in the boxes for your Housman.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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