(1859–1936), English poet and classical scholar; full name Alfred Edward Housman. He is now chiefly remembered for the poems collected in A Shropshire Lad (1896), a series of nostalgic verses largely based on ballad forms.
Definition of Housman, A. E. in US English:
Housman, A. E.
proper nounˈhousmən
(1859–1936), English poet and classical scholar; full name Alfred Edward Housman. He is chiefly remembered for his poems collected in A Shropshire Lad (1896).