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Also Known As Alfred Edward Housman
Born March 26, 1859 • England
Died April 30, 1936 (aged 77) • Cambridge • England
Notable Works “A Shropshire Lad” • “To an Athlete Dying Young” • “When I Was One-and-Twenty” • “With Rue My Heart Is Laden”

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