A. E. Housman, poet & classical scholar, author of 'A Shropshire Lad', lived here, 1885 - 1886.
Lovely graphic border to this plaque - ears of corn.
W2, Northumberland Place, 39
Housman was in lodgings here for a short time, 1885-6. He had also lived at number 15, 1881-2, and at nearby 82 Talbot Road, 1882-5.
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
A. E. Housman - W2
A cycle of sixty-three poems by A. E. Housman. Published in 1896, most were w...
Alfred Edward Housman. Born near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. Classical scho...
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