Housman, Alfred Edward, 1859-1936 (poet)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1859 - 1936
Biography
Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) was educated at Bromsgrove School and St. John's College, Oxford, where he obtained a first class in classical moderations in 1879, but failed to obtain honours in lit. hum. He worked in the Patent Office, 1882-1892, before becoming professor of Latin at University College, London, 1892-1911, and at Cambridge, 1911-1936. He published many articles and reviews of classical subjects, which covered most of the chief poets from Lucilius to Juvenal, as well as editing Ovid's Ibis (1894), the five Books of Manilius (1903-1930), Juvenal (1905), and Lucan (1926). He also wrote poetry, much of which was published. Housman refused all honours, but accepted an honorary fellowship of St John's College, Oxford, in 1911.
Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:
Series
A.E.H. to S.C.R. (Enclosure: Alwyn Faber Scholfield (1884-1969) Librarian to the University of Cambridge 1923-49 to A.E.H., Cambridge University Library), 6 Aug 1929-7 Aug 1929
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7735/13
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
23 letters from Housman to S.C. Roberts, 22 Jan. 1926 - 17 Aug. 1933. There are also letters from Housman to R.S. Parry, no. 1, 17 Jan. 1926; from Mrs. Mildred B. Platt to S.C. Roberts, no.11, 17 June 1927; from A.F. Scholfield to Housman, no.13, 6 Aug. 1929; from Housman to G.R. Barnes, no. 23, 30 Aug. 1931, and a note by Housman, no. 20, 15 Dec. 1930. The letters of 1926-1927 concern the publication of J.A. Platt's Nine Plays, to which Housman wrote a preface. The other letters relate to...
Dates:
6 Aug 1929-7 Aug 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
A.E.H. to Sir George Reginald Barnes (1904-60) Principal of University College of North Staffordshire 1956-60, 30 Aug 1931
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7735/22
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
23 letters from Housman to S.C. Roberts, 22 Jan. 1926 - 17 Aug. 1933. There are also letters from Housman to R.S. Parry, no. 1, 17 Jan. 1926; from Mrs. Mildred B. Platt to S.C. Roberts, no.11, 17 June 1927; from A.F. Scholfield to Housman, no.13, 6 Aug. 1929; from Housman to G.R. Barnes, no. 23, 30 Aug. 1931, and a note by Housman, no. 20, 15 Dec. 1930. The letters of 1926-1927 concern the publication of J.A. Platt's Nine Plays, to which Housman wrote a preface. The other letters relate to...
Dates:
30 Aug 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Alfred Edward Housman: Correspondence to W. Aldis Wright and Francis Jenkinson, 1887-1917
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/689-691
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1887-1917
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
Arthur Palmer: Letter to A.E. Housman, 1892
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1053
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
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Introduction and notes on the textual criticism of Catullus, 1900 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6875
Scope and Contents
26 folios.
Dates:
1900 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Journal, 11 Jan. 1928-28 June 1928
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/27
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1928-I' and mostly comprises diary entries. There are notes throughout on the progress of Sassoon's literary work (number of words written). The volume also includes: - drafts of poetry: /1v. Couplets on the subjects of poetry, writing novels and being an author; /133v. 'How A[rnold] B[ennett] reviewed a new volume of The Telephone Directory', later called 'The Paris Telephone Directory'. - a list of literary work...
Dates:
11 Jan. 1928-28 June 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
The First World War journals and some post-war journals (MSS Add.9852/1/4-25 and 32) are unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition. Digital copies of these items are provided in the Sassoon Journals section of the Cambridge Digital Library, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sassoon/1. The other journals are available for consultation.
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Lecture material on the text and scansion of Plautus, 1932 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6882
Scope and Contents
42 folios.
Dates:
1932 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Lecture material on the textual criticism of Martial 8 and 9, 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6879
Scope and Contents
96 folios.
Dates:
1925
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Lecture notes on textual criticism of Ovid's 'Heroides' and 'Metamorphoses', 1913 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6880
Scope and Contents
38 folios.
Dates:
1913 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lecture notes on the life and textual criticism of Persius, with a translation of 'Satires' 1-6, 1911 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6881
Scope and Contents
52 folios.
Dates:
1911 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Lecture notes on the textual criticism of Juvenal, 7, 8, and 10, 1923
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6877
Scope and Contents
52 folios.
Dates:
1923
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Letter from Alfred E. Housman (1859-1936) to Chambers, 26 Feb. 1931
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/194
Scope and Contents
A newspaper mis-titled an address of Housman's as 'On the application of thought to sexual criticism'
Dates:
26 Feb. 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous letters
File
Notes on the text of Catullus 61, 62, and 64-66, 1917 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6883
Scope and Contents
113 folios. Fos 1, 2, 50, and 102-113 are blank.
Dates:
1917 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Horace, 'Odes' I-III, 1930 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6884
Scope and Contents
60 folios.
Dates:
1930 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Horace, 'Odes' IV, 4-15, 1914 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6886
Scope and Contents
55 folios.
Dates:
1914 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucan I and VII, 1-389, 1912-1918 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6887
Scope and Contents
88 folios. Fos 55-88 are written from the end of the volume.
Dates:
1912-1918 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucan II and III, 1-380, 1912-1914
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6888
Scope and Contents
122 folios.
Dates:
1912-1914
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucan III, 381-762 and IV, 2-300, 1914-1915 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6889
Scope and Contents
68 folios.
Dates:
1914-1915 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucan IV, 303-824, and V, 1915-1916 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6890
Scope and Contents
114 folios.
Dates:
1915-1916 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucan IX, 523-1106, and X, 1-544, 1920-1921 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6893
Scope and Contents
126 folios.
Dates:
1920-1921 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucan VI, and VII, 391-872, 1915-1916 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6891
Scope and Contents
126 folios.
Dates:
1915-1916 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucan VIII, and IX, 1-522, 1919-1920 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6892
Scope and Contents
124 folios.
Dates:
1919-1920 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucretius V, 1928 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6894
Scope and Contents
84 folios. Fos 76-84 are blank.
Dates:
1928 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Lucretius VI, 1928 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6895
Scope and Contents
72 folios.
Dates:
1928 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Notes on the text of Martial VI and VII, 1933 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6896
Scope and Contents
57 folios.
Dates:
1933 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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