Rupert brooke

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Rupert Brooke at Buckler’s Hard, 1910. From Song of Love, The Letters of Rupert Brooke and Noel Olivier

Rupert Brooke (1887–1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during WWI.

Rupert Brooke in his British Army uniform. Another redheaded poet...

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Rupert Brooke

Overstatement mars an assessment of the war poet's life, as this review from the Telegraph archives finds

Born Rupert Chawner Brooke, 3 August 1887, in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, son of a headmaster, Brooke attended preparatory (prep) school locally at Hillbrow, and then went on to Rugby School. At Rugby he was romantically involved with fellow pupils Charles Lascelles, Denham Russell-Smith and Michael Sadleir. In 1905, he became friends with St. John Lucas, who thereafter became something of a mentor to himWhile travelling in Europe he prepared a thesis, entitled "John Webster and the…

Rupert Brooke, 1905. Photo George Augustus Dean Jr., National Portrait Gallery