Housman

American  

[hous-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

For this portrait of poet A. E. Housman, Stoppard once again turned to historical figures for his cast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025

"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, who was a professor of Latin there in the early 20th century.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2021

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019

At the bottom were Gray’s Anatomy and a collected Shakespeare, and above them, on slenderer spines, names in faded silver and gold—she saw Housman and Crabbe.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan