Rupert brooke

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…

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

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

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

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…

colorized by Jecinci // Brooke 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.” // source: facebook.com/jecinci

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Rupert Brooke 1910

Recent biographical work on the First World War poet Rupert Brooke has been dismantling the political and biographical myths that surround him.