What was the profession of A. E. Housman?
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Classical scholar and poet
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A. E. Housman was a classical scholar and poet. He is best known for his collection of A Shropshire Lad, which was published in 1896. The poems in this collection are often characterized by their melancholy tone and their depiction of rural life in England. Housman was also a professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge, and he published several scholarly works on the Roman poet Horace.
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