1 Date of birth Tuesday, July 18, 1865 - 12:00 City of birth Bromsgrove, Wocestershire Country of birth England Date of death Friday, February 20, 1959 - 12:00 Location of death Glastonbury, Somerset 2 About Laurence Housman, brother of the poet A. E. Housman, was a playwright, writer and illustrator. Houseman was a committed pacifist and socialist. He was an early supporter of Indian independence and a member of Krishna Menon's India League. Organizations India League 3 Secondary works Cockin, Katharine, ‘Housman, Laurence (1865–1959)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34014]