Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915[1]) was an English poet. He is known for his war sonnets written during the First World War. His best known work is "The Soldier". Irish poet W. B. Yeats described him as "the handsomest young man in England".[2][3]
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| Born | 3 August 1887 Rugby, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 23 April 1915 (aged 27) Aegean Sea, off the island of Skyros |
| Cause of death | Sepsis |
| Resting place | Skyros, Greece |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Rugby School, King's College, University of Cambridge (fellow) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Employer | Sidgwick and Jackson (Publisher) |
| Known for | Poetry |
Rupert Brooke Media
- Rupert Brooke Birthplace (crop).jpg
Brooke's birthplace in Rugby in 2017
- Alfred Brooke (left) and Rupert Brooke (right) with dog Trim.jpg
Childhood photograph of Rupert Brooke (right) with his younger brother Alfred Brooke (left) and dog Trim (1898)
Rupert Brooke as an officer in 1914
La place Brook à Skyros.
- Rupert Brooke statue cropped 11.21.JPG
Statue of Brooke in Rugby, by Ivor Roberts-Jones (1988)
- RupertBrooke-portrait-by-StephenHopper-OrchardTeaRooms-Grantchester.jpg
Oil painting of Rupert Brooke at The Orchard Tea Rooms by Stephen Hopper (2023)
- Blow out your bugles, detail on Memorial Arch (by John M Lyle) at Royal Military College of Canada.JPG
Blow out your bugles, detail on Memorial Arch (by John M. Lyle) at Royal Military College of Canada
References
- ↑ The date of Brooke's death and burial under the Julian calendar that applied in Greece at the time was 10 April. The Julian calendar was 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar.
- ↑ "Friends and Apostles. The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, 1905–1914". New York Times. 1998. https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hale-friends.html. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ↑ Nigel Jones (30 September 1999). Rupert Brooke: Life, Death & Myth (London: Richard Cohen Books, 1999), pp.110, 304. Rupert Brooke: Life, Death & Myth.
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