Jamal Ford

Has anyone hear of the gay poet Alfred Edward Housman who fell in love with his roommate and became suicidal? During Housman's life he became was recognized as a very smart scholar and was given awards which he declined. People did not know why declined these awards so he was known as a recluse who rejected honors and avoided attention which could have been caused by his mother's death when he was twelve. A.E. Housman was born on March 26, 1859. Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire, England. He wrote several poems which were slow to become popular(A.E Housman 968) Housman was a very smart man and gained respect and awards for his work. Housman died on April 30, 1936, in Cambridge, England. Housman never got married because he was gay and gay marriage was not allowed at this time(Dick Sullivan).

A.E. Housman was born on March 26, 1859, in Fockbury, Worcestershire, England. A year after his birth his family moved to Bromsgrove. Housman was the oldest of seven children. A.E Housman's mother died from cancer when he was only 12 years old. This left him in a very sad state during that time in his life(poets.org).

In 1877 Housman attended St. John's College. A.E Housman received first class honors in classical moderations at this college. Housman worked as a clerk in the Patent Office for the next 11 years. In his free time he studied Greek and Roman classics when he could(A.E Housman 968). Housman fell in love with his roommate Moses Jackson and his relationship with him caused to fail his final exams but still managed to pass the school year(Dick Sullivan).

In 1892 Housman became the Chair of Latin at University College in London. Housman released his first poetry volume around this time named "A Shropshire Lad" in 1896. He...

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...ty letting everyone know of the great things he accomplished that no other athlete had at the time. This athlete had broken world records until he died when they eventually were beaten by other athletes and his town were the only people who remember him. His town remained loyal to him and carried his casket through the town to his burial site where they laid him to rest and put him in his grave(A.E Housman 965).

Works Cited

Work Citied

Housman, A.E "When I was one-and-twenty." The Language of Literature. Page 964

Housman, A.E "To an athlete dying young" The Language of Literature. Page 965

"A.E Housman." The Language of Literature. Page 968

"Dick Sullivan." A life in Brief - Victorianweb. Jul 19, 2009.

"A.E Housman" Poets.org from the Academy of American Poets. 2014.