Rupert Brooke

Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915The date of Brooke's death and burial under the Julian calendar that applied in Greece at the time was 10 April.  The Julian calendar was 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar.) was an English poet. He is known for his war sonnets written during the First World War. His best known work is "The Soldier". Irish poet W. B. Yeats described him as "the handsomest young man in England".

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Category:English poets
Category:Writers from Warwickshire
Category:Deaths from sepsis
Category:1887 births
Category:1915 deaths