1865–1959

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 18, 1865, Broms­grove, Here­ford, Eng­land.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 20, 1959, Glas­ton­bu­ry, So­mer­set, Eng­land.

Buried: St. Ma­ry’s, Bath­wick, Eng­land.

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Biography

Housman stu­died art at the Lam­beth School of Art and the Roy­al College of Art. He had great suc­cess as an il­lus­trat­or, but when his eye­sight be­gan to fail, he turned to writ­ing books and plays.

He wrote 80 books dur­ing his life­time. He oft­en seemed to fall afoul of the cen­sors, though, for re­li­gious and po­li­ti­cal reasons. A com­mit­ted so­cial­ist and pa­ci­fist, in 1907, he helped found the Men’s League for Wo­men’s Suf­frage. He was al­so an hon­or­ary as­so­ci­ate of the Wo­men Writ­ers’ Suff­rage League.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Fair Is Their Fame Who Stand
  2. Father Eter­nal, Rul­er of Cre­ation
  3. Lord God of Hosts, With­in Whose Hand
  4. Maker of the Sun and Moon, The
  5. Saint Who First Found Grace to Pen, The
  6. When Christ Was Born in Beth­le­hem

Translations

  1. O Christ, Our Joy, to Whom Is Giv­en
  2. He, Whose Con­fess­ion God of Old Ac­cept­ed
  3. Mary, Weep Not, Weep No Long­er
  4. Now in Ho­ly Ce­le­bra­tion
  5. O Light of Light, by Love In­clined
  6. Portal of the World’s Sal­va­tion
  7. Son of a Vir­gin, Mak­er of Thy Mo­ther