A. E. Housman, Tennessee Williams, Walt Whitman
Born: A. E. Housman (1859), Tennessee Williams (1911)
Died: Walt Whitman (1892)
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26MarBorn 1859167th birthday
A. E. Housman
The author of “A Shropshire Lad” combined exacting Latin scholarship with poems about love and loss. His love for Moses Jackson remained largely private.
26MarBorn 1911115th birthdayTennessee Williams
The author of “A Streetcar Named Desire” wrote about desire and loneliness – and lived for fourteen years with Frank Merlo.