Who was born more recently, Dean Koontz or A. E. Housman?
A. E. Housman Alfred Edward Housman ( ; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems "A Shropshire Lad". Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems wistfully evoke the dooms and disappointments of youth in the English countryside. Their beauty, simplicity and distinctive imagery appealed strongly to late Victorian and Edwardian taste, and to many early 20th-century English composers both before and after the First World War. Through their song-settings, the poems became closely associated with that era, and with Shropshire itself.
Tom Hausman Thomas Matthew Hausman (born March 31, 1953, in Mobridge, South Dakota) is a retired American professional baseball player. A pitcher, Hausman played in the Major Leagues from 1975–1982 with the New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, and Atlanta Braves.