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Laurence Housman | |
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 Photo portrait by George Grantham Bain, 1915 | |
| Born | 18 July 1865 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK |
| Died | 20 February 1959 (aged 93) Street, Somerset, England |
| Education | Lambeth School of Art Royal College of Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Dramatist/playwright, writer, illustrator |
Laurence Housman (/ˈhaʊsmən/; 18 July 1865 – 20 February 1959) was an English playwright, writer and illustrator whose career stretched from the 1890s to the 1950s. He studied art in London and worked largely as an illustrator during the first years of his career, before shifting focus to writing. He was a younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman and his sister and fellow activist in the women's suffrage movement was writer/illustrator Clemence Housman.[1]
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