A. E. Housman

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Works

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5 total works indexed

1. Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines

   · 1953 · cited 29,665x

2. Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.

   · 2000 · cited 27,505x

3. Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers

   · 1938 · cited 24,296x

4. The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

   · 2000 · cited 23,558x

5. THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

   · 1963 · cited 18,941x

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Quotes

• “The most important truth which has ever been uttered, and the greatest discovery ever made in the moral world.”
• “The house of delusions is cheap to build, but draughty to live in, and ready at any instant to fall.”
• “Three minutes' thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.”
• “My heart always warms to people who do not come to see me, especially Americans, to whom it seems to be more of an effort.”
• “Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.”
• “Nature, not content with denying to Mr — the faculty of thought, has endowed him with the faculty of writing.”

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Key facts

Born

Alfred Edward Housman , ( 1859-03-26 ) 26 March 1859, Bromsgrove , Worcestershire, England

Died

30 April 1936 (1936-04-30) (aged 77), Cambridge , England

Occupation

Classicist poet

Alma mater

St John's College, Oxford

Genre

Lyric poetry

Notable works

A Shropshire Lad

Relatives

Clemence Housman (sister) Laurence Housman (brother)

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