Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959
Variant namesWriter, poet and artist whose work focused on royalty and religion. Brother of poet A.E. Housman.
From the description of Letters, 1890-1957. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122517799
British author.
From the description of Laurence Housman papers, 1936-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979842
Laurence Housman (1865-1959), writer, brother of A.E. Housman.
From the guide to the Laurence Housman: Letters to Noel Teulon-Porter, 1917-1928, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
Epithet: author and art critic
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000072
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.]
From the guide to the Laurence Housman Papers, 1925-1957, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers.)
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| associatedWith | Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938. |
| associatedWith | Ackenhausen, Alva. |
| associatedWith | Adelman, Seymour, 1906- |
| associatedWith | Ainley, Henry, 1879-1945. |
| associatedWith | Albertson, Charles Carroll, 1865-1959. |
| associatedWith | Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940. |
| associatedWith | Andrews, C. F. (Charles Freer), 1871-1940. |
| associatedWith | Anstey, F., 1856-1934. |
| associatedWith | Archer, William, 1856-1924. |
| associatedWith | Ashbee, Janet E. (Janet Elizabeth) |
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Birth 1865-07-18
Death 1959-02-20
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