Which university did Housman fail to perform well at initially?
University College London
Cambridge University
Oxford University
University of Manchester
Answer
A.E. Housman, an English poet, scholar, and classical philologist, failed to perform well at Oxford University initially. He was a student there from 1881 to 1886, but he did not get good grades. He then transferred to University College, London, where he graduated in 1887. Housman went on to become a professor of Latin at University College, London, and later at Cambridge University.
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