What is recorded here
The public map records this plaque for A. E. Housman. Its recorded inscription reads: A. E. Housman (1859-1936) Poet and scholar wrote "A Shropshire Lad" while living here
A. E. Housman was a renowned British classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems "A Shropshire Lad," which expressed a deep sense of melancholy and the transience of life, significantly influencing late Victorian and early modern poetry.
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