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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
via Open Library + Wikidata
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
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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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,998x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,265x
- Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia
· 2017 · cited 7,180x
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,817x
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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?”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Rugby
- Place of death
- Aegean Sea
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Movement
- Bloomsbury Group
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
- Official website
- rupertbrooke.com
- Image
- Rupert Brooke.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- 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
via Wikidata · CC0
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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