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Rupert Brooke

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Rupert Brooke

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Also known as Rupert Chaucer Brooke

English poet (1887–1915)

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Rupert Brooke was a male poet from the United Kingdom. He was born on 1887-08-03 and died on 1915-04-23. His burial or cremation took place on 1915-04-23. Brooke is associated with the tag "poet" and has an official website at rupertbrooke.com.

His literary output includes works such as *The collected poems of Rupert Brooke* and *Prentice Hall Literature--The British Tradition*. Other listed works include *Prentice Hall Literature--The British Edition--Volume II* and *Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition*. Various sources list his work count as 5, 66, or 4.

Brooke is the subject of 339 other encyclopedia articles. Quotes attributed to him include "And in my flower-beds, I think,Smile the carnation and the pink." and "Stands the Church clock at ten to three?And is there honey still for tea?"

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1887
Died
1915
Works
66

Top works

  • Prentice Hall Literature--The British Tradition
  • Rupert Brooke
  • Prentice Hall Literature--The British Edition--Volume II
  • Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
  • The collected poems of Rupert Brooke

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1887-08-03
Active to
1915-04-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
322
Total plays
725

Tags

poet

Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer) (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier). He was also known for his boyish good looks, which prompted the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". Brooke was born at 5 Hillmorton Road in Rugby, Warwickshire, the second of the three sons of William Parker Brooke, a Rugby schoolma

via Last.fm · Rupert Brooke

Quotes

  • "And when we die,All’s over that is ours; and life burns onThrough other lovers, other lips," said I—"Heart of my heart, our heaven is now, is won!""We are earth’s best, that learnt her lesson here, Life is our cry. We have kept the faith!" we said.
  • And in my flower-beds, I think,Smile the carnation and the pink.
  • Stands the Church clock at ten to three?And is there honey still for tea?

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Key facts

Born
Rupert Chawner Brooke , ( 1887-08-03 ) 3 August 1887, Rugby , Warwickshire, England
Died
23 April 1915 (1915-04-23) (aged 27), Skyros , Greece
Education
Rugby School King's College, Cambridge (fellow)
Occupation
Poet
Employer
Sidgwick & Jackson (publisher)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Rugby
Place of death
Aegean Sea
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Conflict
World War I
Military branch
Royal Navy
Official website
rupertbrooke.com
Image
Rupert Brooke.jpg
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Commons category
Rupert Brooke
date of death
1915-01-01
manner of death
natural causes
date of birth
1887-01-01
cause of death
sepsis
Commons gallery
Rupert Brooke
place of burial
Q208566
sexual orientation
bisexuality
date of burial or cremation
1915-04-23
writing language
English language
birth name
Rupert Chawner Brooke
Commons Creator page
Rupert Brooke
Sources (6)

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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Rupert Brooke, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, such as "The Dead" and "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". He died of septicaemia following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.

Early life

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