Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959
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Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959, author and art critic
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Housman, Laurence (British illustrator, author, 1865-1959)
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Housman, Lawrence
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Laurence Housman
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Laurence Housman
Bunny, Benjamin 1865-1959
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Housman, L., 1865-1959
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Housman, Laurenee
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Housman, Laurenee
writer of "An Englishwoman's love-letters", The, 1865-1959
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writer of "An Englishwoman's love-letters", The, 1865-1959
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Writer, poet and artist whose work focused on royalty and religion. Brother of poet A.E. Housman.
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Laurence Housman (1865-1959), writer, brother of A.E. Housman.
Epithet: author and art critic
Laurence Housman, born in Bromsgrove, England, in 1865, was an older brother of the poet A. E. Housman. He grew up and attended school in the Bromsgrove area before moving in with his sister, Clemence, in Kensington, London, in 1885. They both attended art school to become illustrators. Housman's first job was writing reviews for the Manchester Guardian . In the early 1900s, he was involved in the women's suffrage movement and later became a pacifist. After World War I, Housman moved to Street, Somersetshire, with his sister and lived there the rest of his life. He died on 20 February 1959.
Housman was best known as a playwright and satirical novelist. His major works include An Englishwoman's Loveletters (1899), Bethlehem (c. 1901), The Chinese Lantern (1908), Little Plays of St. Francis (1926), Victoria Regina (1935), The Unexpected Years (1936), His Royal Highness, The Duke of Flamborough (1938), Backwords and Forwords (1945), and The Kind and the Foolish (1952).
[For additional information, see Laurence Housman in Obituaries from the Times, 1951-1960 (1979), pp. 358-359.]
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