Typescript notes, lecture and a reprint of the published lecture.
A.E. Housman: typescript of inaugural lecture as Kennedy Professor of Latin 1911
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- ReferenceGB 12 MS Add.7747
- Dates of Creation1967-1968
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description0.003 cubic metre(s) 1 folder Paper
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Acquisition Information
The typescript was presented to Cambridge University Library in 1968 by R.E. Symons Esq, owner of the document and legatee of the A.E. Housman copyrights.
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This finding aid has been converted from a catalogue created by S.G. Roberts in September 2014
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Custodial History
The inaugural lecture was not published during Housman's lifetime, and the manuscript was destroyed after his death. A typescript copy was discovered in 1967 among the papers of Laurence Housman by John Carter, who published it in the Times Literary Supplement.