A. E. Housman yana nufin Alfred Edward Housman, ƙwararren masani kuma mawaƙi ɗan Ingilishi, wanda ya rayu daga 1859 zuwa 1936. An fi saninsa da tarin waƙarsa "A Shropshire Lad," wanda ke yin nuni akan jigogi na matasa, ƙauna, asara, da mace-mace. . A matsayinsa na masani, Housman ya ba da gudummawa sosai a fagen sukar rubutu tare da gyara bugu da yawa na ayyukan gargajiya, ciki har da waqoqin mawaƙin Romawa Manilius da mawaƙin Girka Juvenal.