Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke

(1887–1915) writer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Rupert Brooke (1887–1915) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland writer, known for The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.

About Rupert Brooke

Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, such as "The Dead" and "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". He died of septicaemia following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.

Known for:

The Old Vicarage, Grantchester

Notable works:

The collected poems of Rupert Brooke

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