Rupert Brooke
English poet (1887–1915) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915[1]) 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 were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England".[2][3] He died of septicaemia following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.
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Born | Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887-08-03)3 August 1887 Rugby, Warwickshire, England |
Died | 23 April 1915(1915-04-23) (aged 27) Skyros, Greece |
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Occupation | Poet |
Employer | Sidgwick & Jackson (publisher) |
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