AE Housman, High Street, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 16 August 2017

The classicist and poet Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936) is best known for his work 'A Shropshire Lad'. He was born on the outskirts of Bromsgrove and died in Cambridge where he took up a professorship in 1911 until his death. His ashes are buried outside St Laurence's Church in Ludlow, Shropshire.

This statue, by Kenneth Potts, was unveiled in 1985, funded by public subscription and commissioned by the Housman Trust.