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Laurence Housman
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Writer and illustrator who supported the cause for Indian independence
Place of birth
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Place of death
Glastonbury, Somerset
About
Laurence Housman, brother of the poet A. E. Housman, was a playwright, writer and illustrator. Houseman was a committed pacifist and socialist. He was an early supporter of Indian independence and a member of Krishna Menon's India League.
Cockin, Katharine, ‘Housman, Laurence (1865–1959)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34014]
Image credit
Laurence Housman by Bassano Ltd, bromide print, 1 October 1915, NPG x183672
© National Portrait Gallery, London, Creative Commons, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
